Donalee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donalee

The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Donalee between 1923 and 1972, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donalee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donalee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Donalee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Donalee in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donalee 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 406 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.