Unisex name · since 1947
Donnelle
318 babies named Donnelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 318
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Donnelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 318 have been recorded since 1947.
Donnelle has 318 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1991.
- #15,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 318 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donnelle ranks #15,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 318 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 318
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Donnelle's 318 recorded births place it above 78.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Donnelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Donnelle's full recorded timeline at 1972, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Donnelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1991
- Peak year (1983)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Donnelle popularity over time - boys
236 total births recorded since 1969 (Donnelle as boys' name)
Donnelle by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (101 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Donnelle's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Donnelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
101 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 101 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Donnelle's decade-level peak was the 1970s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Donnelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1947–1991 (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 Donnelle 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.