How Many People Are Named Donato?

1,953

people named Donato are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 175,005 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,126 babies named Donato in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,834

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,543

See the top 100

Peak Year

1926

54 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronunciation: do-NA-to (Italian, Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given". Several early saints had this name. The name was also borne by two Renaissance masters: the sculptor Donato di Niccolo di Bette Bardi (also known as Donatello), and the architect Donato Bramante.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

DonatDonatusDonatelloDonataDonatellaDonatienDonatienneDonatianusDanutΔ—DankaDanuta

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Donato in the records were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Donato alive today is about 39 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 57 in 2025.

Under 30 803
41.1%
30 to 59 708
36.3%
60 and over 442
22.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Donato first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1926, to 54 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Donato has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #918, in 1926. In 2025 it ranked #6,549.

Boys
Rank in 2025#6,549
Best rank#918 (1926)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,109 in the 1920s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Donato alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Donato were born in New York than in any other state: about 334 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Donato was given 6.3 times as often in New York, 3.9 times in New Jersey and 2.1 times in Texas.

New York 334
California 122
Texas 90
New Jersey 71
Pennsylvania 24
Illinois 9
Florida 7

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