Donnelly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donnelly

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Donnelly between 1922 and 1986, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donnelly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnelly performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Donnelly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donnelly 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 38 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.