Doniven — boys' name
111 babies named Doniven in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Doniven was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Doniven in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doniven
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Doniven between 1996 and 2013, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doniven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doniven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Doniven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doniven 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 111 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.
Doniven at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doniven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1996
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
111 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Doniven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 82 births that decade — 74% of Doniven's all-time total
Doniven decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Doniven's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% 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, 1996–2013 (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.