How Many People Are Named Donny?
people named Donny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,927 babies named Donny in Social Security records from 1927 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
432 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 Donny in English. Counting Donny and these spellings together, about 54,709 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Donny (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Donny alive today is about 52 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Donny first appears in the records in 1927 and was given most often in 1977, to 432 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1927 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Donny has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #378, in 1976 to 1977. In 2025 it ranked #3,871.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,871 |
| Best rank | #378 (1976 to 1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #488 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Donny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Donny were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,554 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Donny was given 4.5 times as often in Arkansas, 3.3 times in Alabama and 3.3 times in Tennessee.
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