Unisex name · since 1990
Donyae
Donyae has 325 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,582 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Donyae currently ranks #12582 among unisex names in America, with 325 babies recorded since 1990.
Donyae has 325 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12582 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #10,152 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,582 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 325 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donyae ranks #10,152 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,582 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 325 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,582 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Donyae's 325 recorded births place it above 77.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Donyae compares
325 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Donyae's all-time total is 12% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Donyae | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 325 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Donyae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Donyae splits its recorded history at 2006: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Donyae popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Donyae popularity over time - girls
233 total births recorded since 1990 (Donyae as girls' name)
Donyae by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (159 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Donyae's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Donyae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s 61
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 159 births (49% of all-time use).
Donyae by state
Where Donyae concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 5 | 1.5% |
10 of 325 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Donyae's decade-level peak was the 2000s (159 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Donyaes (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Donyae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Donyae 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.