first name
DONALD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 715,624 people named Donald, 86.4% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Donald peaked in 1934, when 30,518 babies got the name.
At least 1,420,387 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.
Donald by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #10. The largest share of babies named Donald, 34.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Donald is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donald has been most common in South Dakota (2×), North Dakota (1.9×), and Nebraska (1.8×), and least common in Arizona (0.38×).
1,408,878 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 Donald
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donald, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Donald ranks #2,905 of 156,621, with 12,088 people. See Donald as a last name
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