Donita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donita

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,189 babies named Donita between 1915 and 2009, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 199 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,563 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Donita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 306 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Donita in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donita 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 5,189 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.