Donata — girls' name
551 babies named Donata in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Donata was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Donata in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Donata
The Social Security Administration has registered 551 babies named Donata between 1908 and 2004, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donata currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Donata performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Donata shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donata in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Donata 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 551 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.
Donata at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Donata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1908
- Peak year (1956)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
551 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 19 births in a single year.
Donata by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 111 births that decade — 20% of Donata's all-time total
Donata decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Donata's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Donata by state
Where Donata concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 3.1% |
17 of 551 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1908–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.