Donavan — #3224 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donavan

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,243 babies named Donavan between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donavan currently holds the #3224 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 270 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donavan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Donavan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 834 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Donavan in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donavan 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 8,243 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.