Donnita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Donnita

The Social Security Administration has registered 855 babies named Donnita between 1937 and 1994, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donnita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donnita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donnita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Donnita in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donnita 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 855 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.