Donne — unisex name

What the Data Says About Donne

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Donne between 1926 and 1975, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Donne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 80 additional births since 1933.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Donne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donne 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 117 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.