first name
DONAVAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,502 people named Donavan, 43.8% reported their origin as White, 29.6% as Black and 13.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Donavan peaked in 2002, when 270 babies got the name.
At least 8,305 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.
Donavan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,638. The largest share of babies named Donavan, 43.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Donavan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donavan has been most common in New Mexico (2.3×), Louisiana (2.1×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.52×).
4,795 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 Donavan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donavan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Donavan ranks #39,379 of 156,621, with 603 people. See Donavan as a last name
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