Boys' name · since 1922
Donnal
54 babies named Donnal in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Donnal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 54 have been recorded since 1922.
Donnal has 54 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1963.
- #21,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 54 born since 1922
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donnal ranks #21,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1922, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Donnal's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donnal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Donnal splits its recorded history at 1950: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Donnal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1963
- Peak year (1960)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Donnal by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (18 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Donnal's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Donnal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 18 births (33% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donnal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~41 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, 1922–1963 (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 Donnal 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.