Donn — #12386 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donn

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,553 babies named Donn between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donn currently holds the #12386 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 341 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,822 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Donn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 690 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Donn in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donn 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 6,553 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.