Donae — girls' name
197 babies named Donae in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Donae was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Donae in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Donae
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Donae between 1976 and 2016, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Donae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Donae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Donae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 197 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Donae at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Donae popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1976
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
197 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 15 births in a single year.
Donae popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1974 (Donae as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Donae accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Donae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 80 births that decade — 41% of Donae's all-time total
Donae decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Donae's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.