Donette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,091 babies named Donette between 1935 and 1988, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Donette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Donette in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donette 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 1,091 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.