Donovan — #505 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donovan

The Social Security Administration has registered 61,070 babies named Donovan between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donovan currently holds the #505 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 2,211 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donovan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 19,328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Donovan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Donovan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donovan 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 61,070 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.