Donell — #9031 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donell

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,814 babies named Donell between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donell currently holds the #9031 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 99 babies received it in a single year. Donell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 591 additional births since 1932.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 812 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Donell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 329 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Donell in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donell 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 4,814 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.