Donavon — #7785 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donavon

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,332 babies named Donavon between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donavon currently holds the #7785 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 156 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donavon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,271 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Donavon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 310 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Donavon in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donavon 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 5,332 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.