Donivan — #12401 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donivan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,175 babies named Donivan between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donivan currently holds the #12401 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donivan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 419 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Donivan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Donivan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donivan 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 1,175 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.