Donat — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donat

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Donat between 1894 and 1966, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donat currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donat performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donat shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Rhode Island and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Donat in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donat 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 351 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.