Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Don

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Don
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1946

Peak rank proxy

4,111

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19462024

Peak year

1946

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

167,538

Don once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1946, when 4,111 boys were named Don.

In 2024, only 91 boys were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 167,538 Americans have been named Don and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

19464,111 boys named Don

202491 boys named Don

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