Girls' name · since 1919
Donice
Donice has 567 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 567
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Donice sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 567 recorded since 1919.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donice has been recorded 567 times among girls since 1919, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1994.
- #10,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 567 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donice ranks #10,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 567 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 567
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Donice's 567 recorded births place it above 84.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Donice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Donice splits its recorded history at 1950: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1955 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Donice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1994
- Peak year (1955)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Donice by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (143 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Donice's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Donice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
77 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
109 births
- 1950s
1950s
143 births
- 1960s
1960s
90 births
- 1970s 53
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 143 births (25% of all-time use).
How Donice 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 Donice's total volume
Donice by state
Where Donice concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
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What to do with Donice's data
- Donice's decade-level peak was the 1950s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Donices (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1919–1994 (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 Donice 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.