Donzel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Donzel

The Social Security Administration has registered 246 babies named Donzel between 1922 and 2017, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donzel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donzel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Donzel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Donzel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donzel 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 246 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.