Donovon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donovon

The Social Security Administration has registered 660 babies named Donovon between 1969 and 2020, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donovon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donovon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 214 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donovon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donovon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donovon 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 660 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.