first name
DONN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,036 people named Donn, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 89.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Donn peaked in 1949, when 341 babies got the name.
At least 6,615 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Donn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,216. The largest share of babies named Donn, 47.9%, 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 Donn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donn has been most common in Minnesota (3.8×), Hawaii (3.1×), and Wisconsin (3.1×), and least common in Texas (0.12×).
3,632 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 Donn
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Donn ranks #30,035 of 156,621, with 835 people. See Donn as a last name
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