first name
DONNELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,239 people named Donnell, 80.8% reported their origin as Black, 11.6% as White and 4% as two or more races. 92.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Donnell peaked in 1970, when 307 babies got the name.
At least 15,305 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Donnell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,078. The largest share of babies named Donnell, 28.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Donnell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donnell has been most common in District of Columbia (14×), Maryland (5.2×), and North Carolina (2.6×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.23×).
10,921 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 Donnell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donnell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Donnell ranks #5,518 of 156,621, with 6,086 people. See Donnell as a last name
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