Donyel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Donyel

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Donyel between 1966 and 1997, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Donyel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Donyel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 79 additional births since 1971.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donyel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Donyel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donyel 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 96 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.