How Many People Are Named Donel?
people named Donel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 768,055 people in the US has this name
Based on 721 babies named Donel in Social Security records from 1916 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
23 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Donel, 6.1% were girls and 93.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Donel rose from 0% in the 1930s to 16.5% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Donel alive today is about 53 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Donel first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1970, to 23 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Donel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,848, in 1937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,848 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,362 in the 1930s |
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