Donnette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donnette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,210 babies named Donnette between 1931 and 1996, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donnette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donnette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Donnette in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donnette 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 1,210 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.