Donielle
Donielle was last recorded in 2012, when 6 babies were given it; 2,041 Americans have been recorded with it between 1960 and 2012 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,950 Americans named Donielle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 36 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Donielle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Donielle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,482, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
82 babies in 1981, the peak
Donielle peaked in 1981, when 82 babies were given it (68 girls, #1,681 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #15,482 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,512 | 2.8 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,753 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,106 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,949 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,709 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,809 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,623 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,930 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,662 | 6.6 |
Every recorded year (52)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13 | #7,951 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,402 | 9.4 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,278 | 9.4 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,492 | 10.7 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,164 | 15.3 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,033 | 15.5 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,084 | 14.8 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,297 | 19.3 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,547 | 27.4 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,944 | 22.1 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,191 | 33.1 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,557 | 25.6 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,320 | 28.4 |
| 1989 | 53 | #2,250 | 28.7 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,867 | 37.1 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,777 | 38.0 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,868 | 35.0 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,495 | 47.7 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,418 | 48.7 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,633 | 40.7 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 | 39.6 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,681 | 40.8 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,866 | 34.9 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,799 | 37.4 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,572 | 45.0 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,624 | 42.4 |
| 1976 | 70 | #1,485 | 47.8 |
| 1975 | 74 | #1,416 | 50.8 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,601 | 40.2 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,608 | 39.1 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,596 | 37.5 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,860 | 28.2 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,835 | 27.5 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,959 | 24.3 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,442 | 15.8 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,572 | 13.9 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,775 | 11.8 |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,027 | 9.5 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,057 | 3.1 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,977 | 4.1 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,326 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,309 | 3.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Donielle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,041 Americans recorded as Donielle, 96% are girls and 4% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Donielle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Donielle, and how old are they?
1,950 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 2,041 Americans ever recorded as Donielle. The median Donielle alive today is 43 years old; half are between 36 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 1,723 people named Donielle (1,608 women and girls, 115 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,974 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 42 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 775 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 931 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 201 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Donielle born?
The states with the most babies named Donielle are California, New York and Michigan, with 58% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 198 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 86 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 84 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 72 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 57 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 40 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 32 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Donielle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 6,701 babies since 1880, Donielle is the most given (30% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Donielle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Donielle and names like it
- Compare Donielle and DonellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sDonielle peaked in 1981.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Donielle since 1910.
- The top names of 1981The year the most babies were named Donielle.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Donielle alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with DMost given first.