Girls' name · since 1898
Donalda
623 babies named Donalda in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 623
- born since 1898
- 1930s
- peak decade
Donalda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 623 have been recorded since 1898.
Donalda has 623 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1976.
- #10,295 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 623 born since 1898
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donalda ranks #10,295 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 623 born since 1898, peaking in the 1930s.
- #10,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 623
- born since 1898
- 1930s
- peak decade
Donalda's 623 recorded births place it above 85.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donalda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Donalda's SSA record in two at 1941 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Donalda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1976
- Peak year (1929)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Donalda by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (119 births, 19% of the file).
1930s was Donalda's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Donalda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
67 births
- 1920s
1920s
108 births
- 1930s
1930s
119 births
- 1940s
1940s
104 births
- 1950s
1950s
119 births
- 1960s
1960s
70 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 119 births (19% of all-time use).
How Donalda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Donalda's total volume
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What to do with Donalda's data
- Donalda's decade-level peak was the 1930s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1970s -- 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 Donalda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1898–1976 (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 Donalda 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.