Recorded 1954–2022 Boys' name Peak 2008 478 births

Donathan — boys' name

478 babies named Donathan in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s61960s161970s701980s931990s1062000s1282010s532020s6
2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Donathan was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

18 babies were named Donathan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Donathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 478 babies named Donathan between 1954 and 2022, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donathan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donathan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Donathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donathan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donathan 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 478 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.

Donathan at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

478

Since 1954

69 years of records

Peak year

2008

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1954

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 2022

Donathan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1954

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
18
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
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Donathan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
128 births that decade — 27% of Donathan's all-time total
1950s61960s161970s701980s931990s1062000s1282010s532020s6

Donathan by state

Where Donathan concentrates geographically — total births since 1954

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Donathan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.0%
Texas share of Donathan's total US births 1.0%

5 of 478 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Donathan?
478 babies have been named Donathan since 1954. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 18 births.
When was Donathan most popular?
Donathan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 128 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Donathan most popular?
The top states for the name Donathan are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Donathan been used?
Donathan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 69 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Donathan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Donald, Don, Donovan, Donnie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1954–2022 (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.