Donal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donal

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,707 babies named Donal between 1909 and 2023, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donal performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 797 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Donal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 209 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Donal in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donal 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 3,707 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.