Donnelle — unisex name

What the Data Says About Donnelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Donnelle between 1947 and 1991, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donnelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Donnelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 236 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Donnelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donnelle 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 318 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.