Unisex name · since 1934
Donya
Donya has 2,341 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,341
- born since 1934
- 1970s
- peak decade
2,341 babies have been named Donya since 1934, making it today's #7952 unisex name.
Donya has 2,341 recorded births among girls since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7952 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 2025.
- #4,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,952 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,341 born since 1934
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donya ranks #4,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,952 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,341 born since 1934, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,341
- born since 1934
- 1970s
- peak decade
Donya's 2,341 recorded births place it above 94.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Donya compares
2,341 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Donya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Donya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,341 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 100 | 21 | 19,840 |
Donya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Donya's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 100, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Donya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 100
- Annual births at peak, across 92 years of records
Donya popularity over time - boys
265 total births recorded since 1972 (Donya as boys' name)
Donya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (640 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Donya's strongest decade.
640 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Donya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s
1960s
455 births
- 1970s
1970s
640 births
- 1980s
1980s
272 births
- 1990s
1990s
281 births
- 2000s
2000s
362 births
- 2010s 156
2010s
156 births
- 2020s 77
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 640 births (27% of all-time use).
How Donya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Donya's total volume
Donya by state
Where Donya concentrates geographically, total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 286 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 116 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 24 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 13 | 0.6% |
286 of 2,341 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Donya appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Donya's data
- Donya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (640 total births); usage has since declined to 77 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Donyas (286 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Donya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~91 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1934–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Donya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.