Masculine dossier · first seen 1927

Donny

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

Endangered Down 93.2% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

426

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1927Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

93.2%

2024

All-time

12,857

Donny 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 1977, when 426 boys were named Donny.

In 2024, only 29 boys were given the name.

Down 93.2% from its peak.

All told, about 12,857 Americans have been named Donny and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1927.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.2% from peak

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