Donny — #3791 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donny

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,857 babies named Donny between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donny currently holds the #3791 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 426 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donny performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,762 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Donny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,026 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Donny in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donny 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 12,857 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.