Girls' name · since 1948
Donise
Donise has 338 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 338
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Donise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 338 have been recorded since 1948.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donise has been recorded 338 times among girls since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1993.
- #14,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 338 born since 1948
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donise ranks #14,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 338 born since 1948, peaking in the 1960s.
- #14,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 338
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Donise's 338 recorded births place it above 79.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Donise's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Donise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1993
- Peak year (1969)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Donise by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (125 births, 37% of the file).
1960s was Donise's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Donise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
71 births
- 1960s
1960s
125 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 125 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Donise's decade-level peak was the 1960s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1948–1993 (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 Donise 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.