Donato
Donato was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,549 among boys’ names; 3,126 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,930 Americans named Donato and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 20 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Donato by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Donato mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Donato is “a male given name from Latin” Its etymology gives the sense “given” (meaning).
Early saint’s name from Latin Donātus, meaning “given” (as by God).
/doˈna.to/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Donato?
#6,549 among boys’ names, 2025
Donato fell from #3,807 in 2015 to #6,549 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 14.6 to 7.6 per million.
54 babies in 1926, the peak
Donato peaked in 1926, when 54 boys were given it, #918 among boys’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,549 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,720 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,780 | 12.3 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,014 | 15.5 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,038 | 14.9 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,845 | 15.6 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,254 | 13.4 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,623 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,343 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,547 | 16.3 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | #3,807 | 14.6 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,929 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,214 | 12.2 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,924 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,701 | 10.5 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,477 | 16.2 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,495 | 15.6 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,121 | 18.1 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,713 | 13.5 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,326 | 15.6 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,716 | 20.0 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,553 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,939 | 16.7 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,769 | 17.5 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,159 | 14.4 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,753 | 16.8 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,729 | 10.4 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,666 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,185 | 12.2 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,491 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,860 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,787 | 13.5 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,725 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,856 | 12.0 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,300 | 15.3 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,505 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,555 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,532 | 12.0 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,800 | 19.3 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,920 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,371 | 11.9 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,942 | 15.5 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,761 | 17.9 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,070 | 14.3 |
| 1981 | 27 | #2,006 | 15.1 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,561 | 10.7 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,177 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,086 | 14.0 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,023 | 14.6 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,192 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,023 | 14.7 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,446 | 22.9 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,249 | 11.5 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,694 | 16.7 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,567 | 17.5 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,715 | 14.0 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,774 | 12.3 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,515 | 15.5 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,453 | 16.1 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,518 | 14.6 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,734 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,468 | 14.6 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,462 | 14.3 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,347 | 16.4 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,749 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,255 | 18.3 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,445 | 14.1 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,512 | 12.7 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,554 | 12.1 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,654 | 10.9 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,428 | 14.1 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,532 | 12.3 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,486 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,716 | 10.3 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,562 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,550 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,327 | 16.9 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,527 | 13.1 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,801 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,900 | 9.2 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,871 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,290 | 19.8 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,224 | 22.4 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,477 | 16.7 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,548 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,824 | 12.9 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,659 | 15.4 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,450 | 19.8 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,378 | 22.5 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,660 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,462 | 21.1 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,274 | 27.1 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,371 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,478 | 22.0 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,241 | 29.8 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,373 | 25.5 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,276 | 28.8 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,359 | 26.2 |
| 1927 | 50 | #992 | 44.4 |
| 1926 | 54 | #918 | 48.6 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,093 | 36.7 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,047 | 40.6 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,032 | 42.9 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,201 | 33.1 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,127 | 36.3 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,355 | 27.2 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,052 | 42.9 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,128 | 36.5 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,337 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,653 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,190 | 35.4 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,079 | 42.8 |
| 1913 | 26 | #974 | 50.7 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,006 | 48.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,810 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,463 | 30.9 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,256 | 38.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,358 | 33.2 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,089 | 47.1 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,040 | 45.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Donato a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Donato has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Donato: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Donato, and how old are they?
1,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 3,126 Americans ever recorded as Donato. The median Donato alive today is 37 years old; half are between 20 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 3,615 people named Donato (16 women and girls, 3,599 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,950 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 331 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 348 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 405 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 465 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 307 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Donato born?
The states with the most babies named Donato are New York, Texas and New Jersey, with 78% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 705 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 191 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 147 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 135 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 116 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Connecticut | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Donato is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Donato is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Donato with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 22,948 babies since 1880, Donato is the third most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13 of their 100 babies (13%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Donato
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Donato and names like it
- Compare Donato and DonteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDonato peaked in 1926.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Donato since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Donato: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Donato.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Donato alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.