How Many People Are Named Donelle?
people named Donelle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 260,308 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,450 babies named Donelle in Social Security records from 1922 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of DON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Donelle, 76.8% were girls and 23.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Donelle fell from 100% in the 1950s to 59.6% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Donelle alive today is about 49 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Donelle first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1979, to 48 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Donelle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,920, in 1968. Among boys, its best rank was #2,402, in 1979.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,920 (1968) | #2,402 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,534 in the 1970s | #3,687 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Donelle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Donelle were born in California than in any other state: about 66 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Donelle was given about 7.4 times as often in California.
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