How rare is the name Donavon?

3,735 people in the United States have the first name Donavon, about 1 in 80,865. It ranks #4,826 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DONAVON

#4,826

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,735
About
1 in 80,865
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,735 people named Donavon, 53% reported their origin as White, 27.3% as Black and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Donavon peaked in 2000, when 156 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
156
In 2025*
16 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,349 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Donavon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,413. The largest share of babies named Donavon, 34.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,39141
1920s#3,748178
1930s#2,456300
1940s#3,043243
1950s#3,971198
1960s#3,441307
1970s#2,876527
1980s#3,131570
1990s#2,4131,188
2000s#2,8161,271
2010s#6,398418
2020s#11,034108
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–459.1%
Baby boom 1946–647.9%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–9624.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later6.6%

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 Donavon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donavon has been most common in Louisiana (5.5×), Iowa (2.8×), and Minnesota (2.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.45×).

1,946 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 Donavon

1 other first name also has 3,735 people.

#4,826 Alea · 3,735

Either side of Donavon

#4,823 Tawny · 3,737#4,826 Alea · 3,735#4,828 Analise · 3,733#4,828 Malina · 3,733

Spelled almost the same

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

#903 Donovan · 49,795#3,282 Donavan · 6,502#8,299 Donavin · 1,753#12,954 Donivan · 944#13,818 Donaven · 866#16,764 Donovin · 668#19,209 Donovon · 554#21,915 Donavyn · 459

Also a last name

As a last name, Donavon ranks #92,936 of 156,621, with 212 people. See Donavon as a last name

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