Donnell
Donnell was the 4067th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 479th; the most babies were born in 1982 (290). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,189 places. More babies were named Donnell in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,067 boys, down 1,367 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982290 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,305babies recorded
Donnell popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 1,026 since 1927.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,067 | 26 |
| 2020 | #2,700 | 46 |
| 2010 | #1,538 | 105 |
| 2000 | #994 | 149 |
| 1990 | #653 | 239 |
| 1980 | #517 | 271 |
| 1970 | #492 | 271 |
| 1960 | #527 | 225 |
| 1950 | #565 | 143 |
| 1940 | #997 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,083 | 41 |
| 1920 | #2,159 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Donnell, counting every spelling?
Donnell is the most common spelling of a name family that had 39 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 39 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnell | 26 | #4,067 | 132 |
| Donell | 13 | #6,554 | 52 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Donnell?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Donnell (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Donnell 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 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Donnell.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Donnell?
About 11,800 people born in the US named Donnell are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 32 and 58. That makes Donnell mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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 Donnell: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Donnell, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Donnell
How popular is the name Donnell?
Donnell was the 4067th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 479th; the most babies were born in 1982 (290). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,189 places. More babies were named Donnell in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Donnell a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Donnell in the US.