Doninique — unisex name
73 babies named Doninique in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Doninique was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Doninique in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doninique
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Doninique between 1985 and 1996, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doninique currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Doninique is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 19 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doninique performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Doninique shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doninique 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 73 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.
Doninique at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doninique popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
73 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 11 births in a single year.
Doninique popularity over time — boys
19 total births recorded since 1989 (Doninique as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Doninique accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Doninique by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 42 births that decade — 58% of Doninique's all-time total
Doninique decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Doninique's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–1996 (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.