first name
DONOVAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 49,795 people named Donovan, 43.1% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Black and 16.3% 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.
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Donovan peaked in 2003, when 2,219 babies got the name.
At least 61,904 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.
Donovan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #378. The largest share of babies named Donovan, 45.8%, 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 Donovan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Donovan has been most common in Nevada (3×), Hawaii (2.8×), and New Mexico (2.1×), and least common in Maine (0.25×).
57,399 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 Donovan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Donovan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Donovan ranks #878 of 156,621, with 38,902 people. See Donovan as a last name
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