How Many People Are Named Donnie?
people named Donnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,675 people in the US has this name
Based on 68,060 babies named Donnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,912 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DONALD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Donnie in English. Counting Donnie and these spellings together, about 54,709 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Donnie, 6.3% were girls and 93.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Donnie fell from 90.9% in the 1880s to 1.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Donnie alive today is about 59 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Donnie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 1,912 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Donnie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #150, in 1950 to 1951. In 2025 it ranked #1,796. Among girls, its best rank was #368, in 1880.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,796 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #150 (1950 to 1951) | #368 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #170 in the 1950s | #695 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Donnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Donnie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,140 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Donnie was given 4 times as often in Kentucky, 3.7 times in Arkansas and 3.6 times in North Carolina.
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