Donavon
Donavon was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,671 among boys’ names; 5,349 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,450 Americans named Donavon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 22 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Donavon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Donavon?
#5,671 among boys’ names, 2025
Donavon fell from #3,172 in 2015 to #5,671 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 18.8 to 9.4 per million.
156 babies in 2000, the peak
Donavon peaked in 2000, when 156 boys were given it, #966 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,671 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,903 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,816 | 17.0 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,260 | 10.3 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,970 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,514 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,034 | 14.5 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,624 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,357 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,244 | 18.4 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 36 | #3,172 | 18.8 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,634 | 23.9 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,569 | 24.8 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,688 | 23.7 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,238 | 30.5 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,940 | 37.5 |
| 2009 | 92 | #1,704 | 46.4 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,547 | 51.0 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,380 | 57.3 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,376 | 56.9 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,267 | 61.6 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,253 | 60.5 |
| 2003 | 144 | #1,076 | 72.9 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,028 | 76.7 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,013 | 75.7 |
| 2000 | 156 | #966 | 79.4 |
| 1999 | 146 | #977 | 76.0 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,051 | 67.0 |
| 1997 | 132 | #980 | 70.0 |
| 1996 | 119 | #1,030 | 62.8 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,108 | 55.2 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,039 | 59.0 |
| 1993 | 124 | #964 | 63.2 |
| 1992 | 118 | #997 | 59.1 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,033 | 53.5 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,100 | 45.8 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,146 | 42.5 |
| 1988 | 109 | #913 | 56.9 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,178 | 35.9 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,303 | 30.4 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,307 | 29.2 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,636 | 19.9 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,692 | 19.0 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,785 | 17.6 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,504 | 22.9 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,229 | 31.4 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,442 | 24.4 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,399 | 26.8 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,161 | 34.7 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,358 | 27.4 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,461 | 23.7 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,185 | 31.2 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,069 | 37.2 |
| 1972 | 69 | #979 | 42.6 |
| 1971 | 79 | #915 | 44.7 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,182 | 26.4 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,018 | 31.9 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,237 | 21.9 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,294 | 19.5 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,203 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,680 | 11.8 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,918 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,669 | 11.3 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,678 | 11.1 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,500 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,666 | 11.3 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,472 | 13.6 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,911 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,038 | 7.4 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,454 | 13.7 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,743 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,909 | 8.3 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,982 | 8.1 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,280 | 6.2 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,923 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,476 | 14.0 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,390 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,219 | 19.9 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,340 | 16.4 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,056 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,872 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,159 | 24.2 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,205 | 8.4 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,597 | 14.5 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,461 | 17.9 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,095 | 31.1 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,543 | 17.2 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,079 | 32.5 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,240 | 27.2 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,056 | 35.7 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,151 | 31.7 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,275 | 27.1 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,282 | 27.2 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,479 | 22.0 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,196 | 31.7 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,198 | 31.9 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,277 | 28.8 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,722 | 18.1 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,526 | 22.2 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,611 | 9.9 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,336 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,979 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,963 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,970 | 15.6 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,999 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,818 | 9.4 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,493 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,736 | 9.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,786 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,985 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,158 | 8.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Donavon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Donavon has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Donavon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Donavon, and how old are they?
4,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 5,349 Americans ever recorded as Donavon. The median Donavon alive today is 30 years old; half are between 22 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 3,735 people named Donavon (20 women and girls, 3,715 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,520 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 87 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 277 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 685 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,240 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,820 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 348 |
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 Donavon born?
The states with the most babies named Donavon are Texas, California and Louisiana, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 310 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 287 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 194 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Ohio | 137 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 128 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 96 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 89 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 88 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 74 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 73 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Donavon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Donavon is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1915 it was given 2.0 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 Donavon 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 81,728 babies since 1880, Donavon is the third most given (6.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 16 of their 706 babies (2.3%), again the third most given.
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 Donavon
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 Donavon and names like it
- Compare Donavon and DonovanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sDonavon peaked in 2000.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Donavon since 1910.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Donavon.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Donavon alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.