Donshay — boys' name
64 babies named Donshay in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Donshay was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Donshay in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Donshay
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Donshay between 1978 and 2000, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donshay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Donshay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Donshay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Donshay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Donshay 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 64 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.
Donshay at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Donshay popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1978
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
64 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Donshay popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 1990 (Donshay as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Donshay accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Donshay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 59% of Donshay's all-time total
Donshay decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Donshay's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.