Boys' name · since 1924
Donzell
Donzell has 1,050 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,976 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,050
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Donzell currently ranks #10829 among boys' names in America, with 1,050 babies recorded since 1924.
Donzell has 1,050 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10829 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #4,976 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,829 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,050 born since 1924
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Donzell ranks #4,976 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,829 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,050 born since 1924, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,976 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,829 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,050
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Donzell's 1,050 recorded births place it above 89.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Donzell compares
1,050 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Donzell's all-time total is 185% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Donzell | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,050 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 34 | 22,252 |
Donzell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Donzell splits its recorded history at 1980: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Donzell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Donzell popularity over time - girls
23 total births recorded since 1919 (Donzell as girls' name)
Donzell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (233 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Donzell's strongest decade.
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Donzell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 41
1940s
41 births
- 1950s
1950s
128 births
- 1960s
1960s
118 births
- 1970s
1970s
169 births
- 1980s
1980s
149 births
- 1990s
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 233 births (22% of all-time use).
How Donzell compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Donzell's total volume
Donzell by state
Where Donzell concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 49 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
49 of 1,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Donzell's data
- Donzell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (233 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Donzells (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois 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 Donzell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Donzell 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.