Donnald — boys' name
386 babies named Donnald in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Donnald was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Donnald in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Donnald
The Social Security Administration has registered 386 babies named Donnald between 1929 and 1981, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donnald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnald performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donnald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donnald in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Donnald 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 386 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.
Donnald at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Donnald popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1929
- Peak year (1954)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
386 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 20 births in a single year.
Donnald by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 157 births that decade — 41% of Donnald's all-time total
Donnald decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Donnald's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Donnald by state
Where Donnald concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 386 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1929–1981 (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.