Dondi
Dondi was last recorded in 2002, when 6 babies were given it; 1,141 Americans have been recorded with it between 1956 and 2002 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dondi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dondi?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,696, in 2002; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
72 babies in 1962, the peak
Dondi peaked in 1962, when 72 babies were given it (48 boys, #1,110 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #9,696 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 7 | #8,088 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 9 | #6,452 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 8 | #6,780 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 6 | #8,077 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 6 | #7,892 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 10 | #5,338 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 8 | #5,986 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #8,222 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 6 | #6,632 |
Every recorded year (42)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | #10,195 | 6 | #6,319 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 8 | #4,981 | |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,111 | 8 | #4,816 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,440 | 9 | #4,292 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,482 | 10 | #3,947 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,927 | 5 | #6,620 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,338 | 10 | #3,921 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,598 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,264 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,533 | 6 | #5,247 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,478 | 17 | #2,584 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,310 | 19 | #2,358 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,411 | 24 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,343 | 15 | #2,581 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,519 | 14 | #2,631 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,868 | 16 | #2,352 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,749 | 37 | #1,402 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,464 | 30 | #1,552 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,228 | 29 | #1,505 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,261 | 36 | #1,261 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,237 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,957 | 32 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,587 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,931 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,498 | 35 | #1,325 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,476 | 48 | #1,110 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,869 | 50 | #1,108 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,259 | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 15 | #2,138 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,335 | 23 | #1,652 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 32 | #1,397 | |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,957 | 19 | #1,845 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dondi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,141 Americans recorded as Dondi, 33% are girls and 67% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dondi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dondi, and how old are they?
An estimated 986 Americans named Dondi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 50 and 62. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 871 people named Dondi (340 women and girls, 531 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,029 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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.
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).
More about Dondi and names like it
- The most given names of the 1960sDondi peaked in 1962.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dondi since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Dondi.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Dondi alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.