How rare is the name Donato?

3,615 people in the United States have the first name Donato, about 1 in 83,550. It ranks #4,925 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DONATO

#4,925

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,615
About
1 in 83,550
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,615 people named Donato, 47.1% reported their origin as White, 42.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Donato peaked in 1926, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1926
Births that year
54
In 2025*
13 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,126 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.

Donato by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,229. The largest share of babies named Donato, 18.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1890s#3,47210
1900s#4,16711
1910s#2,380241
1920s#2,229403
1930s#2,795236
1940s#3,222217
1950s#3,499252
1960s#3,657277
1970s#4,607252
1980s#5,434255
1990s#6,605264
2000s#7,250322
2010s#8,917256
2020s#9,763130
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2718.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.7%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1215.1%
2013 and later9.9%

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 Donato is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donato has been most common in New York (6.8×), New Jersey (3.9×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in California (1×).

1,334 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.

Exactly as common as Donato

2 other first names also have 3,615 people.

#4,925 Armin · 3,615#4,925 Honey · 3,615

Either side of Donato

#4,924 Denisha · 3,617#4,925 Armin · 3,615#4,925 Honey · 3,615#4,928 Audrianna · 3,614

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donato, most common first.

#15,129 Donata · 766#35,980 Donat · 222

Also a last name

As a last name, Donato ranks #4,771 of 156,621, with 7,191 people. See Donato as a last name

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