Donaldson — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donaldson

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Donaldson between 1915 and 1998, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donaldson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donaldson performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Donaldson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donaldson 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 122 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.