Recorded 1988–2016 Boys' name Peak 2001 174 births

Donevan — boys' name

174 babies named Donevan in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s362000s992010s34
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Donevan was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

14 babies were named Donevan in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Donevan

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Donevan between 1988 and 2016, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donevan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donevan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Donevan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donevan 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 174 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.

Donevan at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

174

Since 1988

29 years of records

Peak year

2001

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1988

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2016

Donevan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1988

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2001)
14
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
46810121416 20162011200820052002199819951988 5

Donevan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
99 births that decade — 57% of Donevan's all-time total
1980s51990s362000s992010s34

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Donevan?
174 babies have been named Donevan since 1988. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2001 with 14 births.
When was Donevan most popular?
Donevan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 99 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Donevan been used?
Donevan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 29 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Donevan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Donald, Don, Donovan, Donnie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1988–2016 (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.