Donato
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- doh-NAH-toh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Donato is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “given”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Donato mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Donatus
“given”
Aelius Donatus was a 4th-century Roman grammarian whose Latin textbook was used throughout the Middle Ages.
Is Donato a girl's or a boy's name?
Donato is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donato in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Donato, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Donato than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Donato in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,239 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 50 | #990 |
| 1926 | 54 | #916 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,047 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
Names like Donato
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Donato: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donato, updated 20 October 2026.