How Many People Are Named Donna?
people named Donna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 574 people in the US has this name
Based on 833,874 babies named Donna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ββ Common
Peak Year
36,539 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Italian donna meaning "lady". It is also used as a feminine form of DONALD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Donna in English. Counting Donna and these spellings together, about 603,855 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Donna (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Donna alive today is about 67 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 74 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Donna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 36,539 babies. In 2025, 98 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Donna reached #5 among girls' names in 1959 to 1960, and was in the top 10 in 12 years between 1947 and 1965. In 2025 it ranked #1,965.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,965 |
| Best rank | #5 (1959 to 1960) |
| Years in the top 10 | 12 |
| Years in the top 100 | 51 (1926 to 1976) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Donna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Donna were born in New York than in any other state: about 53,546 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Donna was given 1.7 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.5 times in South Dakota and 1.4 times in Massachusetts.
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