Donyell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donyell

The Social Security Administration has registered 509 babies named Donyell between 1969 and 2017, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donyell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Donyell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 398 additional births since 1961.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donyell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Donyell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Donyell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donyell 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 509 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.