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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Donivan

Donivan was the 12531st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2258th; the most babies were born in 2007 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,457 places. More babies were named Donivan in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#12,531 boys, down 4,287 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
5boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200756 babies
Total since 1880
1,181babies recorded

Donivan popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#12,5315
2020#8,2449
2010#3,32933
2000#2,49038
1990#5,4959
1980#4,6138
1970#3,9537
1960——
1950#2,8298
1940——
1930#3,0938
1920#4,4655
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Donivan, counting every spelling?

Donivan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Donivan?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Donivan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Donivan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Donivan.

Chance of another Donivan in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Donivan?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Donivan are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 18 and 33. That makes Donivan mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Donivan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Donivan, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Donivan

How popular is the name Donivan?

Donivan was the 12531st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2258th; the most babies were born in 2007 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,457 places. More babies were named Donivan in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Donivan a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Donivan in the US.