How Many People Are Named Don?
people named Don are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,369 people in the US has this name
Based on 168,839 babies named Don in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,130 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DONALD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Don, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Don alive today is about 64 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Don first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1946, to 4,130 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Don never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #50, in 1934, and it was in the top 100 for 24 years, 1926 to 1949. In 2025 it ranked #1,795.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,795 |
| Best rank | #50 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (1926 to 1949) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #80 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Don alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Don were born in California than in any other state: about 8,968 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Don was given 3.6 times as often in Utah, 2.8 times in Idaho and 2.3 times in Oklahoma.
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