Girls' name · since 1881
Donia
Donia has 1,219 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,219
- born since 1881
- 1970s
- peak decade
Donia currently ranks #14970 among girls' names in America, with 1,219 babies recorded since 1881.
Donia has 1,219 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14970 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #6,539 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,970 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,219 born since 1881
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donia ranks #6,539 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,970 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,219 born since 1881, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,970 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,219
- born since 1881
- 1970s
- peak decade
Donia's 1,219 recorded births place it above 90.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Donia compares
1,219 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Donia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Donia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Donia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Donia's full recorded timeline at 1964, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Donia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Donia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (181 births, 15% of the file).
1970s was Donia's strongest decade.
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Donia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 30
1880s
30 births
- 1890s 33
1890s
33 births
- 1900s 18
1900s
18 births
- 1910s 67
1910s
67 births
- 1920s 72
1920s
72 births
- 1930s 54
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s 61
1950s
61 births
- 1960s
1960s
122 births
- 1970s
1970s
181 births
- 1980s
1980s
119 births
- 1990s
1990s
142 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s 61
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 181 births (15% of all-time use).
How Donia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Donia's total volume
Donia by state
Where Donia concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 2.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
28 of 1,219 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Donia's data
- Donia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (181 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Donias (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Donia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1881–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Donia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.