Boys' name · since 1986
Donathon
15 babies named Donathon in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,303 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Donathon since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donathon has been recorded 15 times among boys since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1999.
- #31,303 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donathon ranks #31,303 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,303 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Donathon's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donathon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Donathon splits its recorded history at 1990: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births).
Donathon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1999
- Peak year (1986)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Donathon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Donathon's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Donathon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donathon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Donathon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.