first name
DON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 109,818 people named Don, 78.7% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as Black and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Don peaked in 1946, when 4,130 babies got the name.
At least 168,839 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Don by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #123. The largest share of babies named Don, 37.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Don is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Don has been most common in Oklahoma (2.8×), Idaho (2.7×), and Wyoming (2.6×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.08×).
162,091 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Don
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Don, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Don ranks #13,139 of 156,621, with 2,231 people. See Don as a last name
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