Dondre — boys' name
1,640 babies named Dondre in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Dondre was born in this single decade.
167 babies were named Dondre in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dondre
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,640 babies named Dondre between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dondre currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 167 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dondre performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,023 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dondre shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dondre in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dondre 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 1,640 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.
Dondre at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dondre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1970
- Peak year (1994)
- 167
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
1,640 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 167 births in a single year.
Dondre by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,023 births that decade — 62% of Dondre's all-time total
Dondre decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,023 births
- Runner-up 235 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dondre's strongest decade
1,023 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Dondre by state
Where Dondre concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 251 | 15.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 61 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 59 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 57 | 3.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 43 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 40 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 36 | 2.2% |
| #8 | California | | 27 | 1.6% |
251 of 1,640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dondre appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.