Boys' name · since 1959
Donaldo
Donaldo has 347 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
347 babies have been named Donaldo since 1959, making it today's #9046 boys' name.
Donaldo has 347 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9046 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #9,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,046 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 347 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donaldo ranks #9,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,046 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 347 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Donaldo's 347 recorded births place it above 78.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Donaldo compares
347 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Donaldo's all-time total is 6% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Donaldo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 347 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Donaldo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Donaldo's SSA record in two at 2003 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 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Donaldo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Donaldo by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Donaldo's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Donaldo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (34% of all-time use).
Donaldo by state
Where Donaldo concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8 | 2.3% |
28 of 347 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Donaldo's data
- Donaldo's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Donaldos (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Donaldo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Donaldo 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.