Girls' name · since 1976
Donae
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.
- #19,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Donae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 197 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donae has been recorded 197 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2016.
- #19,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 197 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donae ranks #19,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Donae's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Donae's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Donae popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2016
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Donae popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1974 (Donae as boys' name)
Donae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Donae's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Donae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Donae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Donae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.