Donetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,994 babies named Donetta between 1919 and 2002, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 488 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Donetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Donetta in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donetta 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 1,994 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.