Feminine dossier · first seen 1910

Donella

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1952

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1910Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,818

Donella is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 51 girls were named Donella.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,818 Americans have been named Donella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1952

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