first name
DONNIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 39,556 people named Donnie, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 20.1% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. 93% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Donnie peaked in 1952, when 1,912 babies got the name.
At least 68,060 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Donnie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #349. The largest share of babies named Donnie, 46%, 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 Donnie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donnie has been most common in Kentucky (4.4×), Arkansas (3.9×), and South Carolina (3.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.04×).
60,674 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.
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