Donelda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 549 babies named Donelda between 1912 and 1972, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donelda performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donelda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Donelda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donelda 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 549 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.