Donavan
Boy · DON-a-vun · Irish
Donavan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Donavan mean?
Irish: spelling of Donovan, from Irish Ó Donnabháin
“dark brown”
Donovan anglicizes the Irish surname Ó Donnabháin, borne by an old Munster family.
- Say it
- DON-a-vun
Is Donavan a girl's or a boy's name?
Donavan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donavan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Donavan, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 270 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had more boys named Donavan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Donavan in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donavan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #2,421 for this spelling alone.
Donavan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2017 | 94 | #1,681 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,510 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 172 | #1,108 |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,024 |
| 2008 | 208 | #963 |
| 2007 | 218 | #909 |
| 2006 | 251 | #812 |
| 2005 | 269 | #748 |
| 2004 | 258 | #731 |
| 2003 | 266 | #706 |
| 2002 | 270 | #678 |
| 2001 | 267 | #679 |
| 2000 | 233 | #734 |
| 1999 | 262 | #657 |
| 1998 | 244 | #688 |
| 1997 | 238 | #680 |
| 1996 | 193 | #761 |
| 1995 | 172 | #813 |
| 1994 | 205 | #733 |
| 1993 | 203 | #729 |
| 1992 | 214 | #701 |
| 1991 | 224 | #673 |
| 1990 | 160 | #798 |
| 1989 | 169 | #755 |
| 1988 | 121 | #861 |
| 1987 | 122 | #845 |
| 1986 | 108 | #872 |
| 1985 | 98 | #917 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,130 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,042 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 78 | #977 |
| 1977 | 84 | #928 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,010 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | 71 | #969 |
| 1973 | 68 | #978 |
| 1972 | 89 | #851 |
| 1971 | 75 | #941 |
| 1970 | 85 | #875 |
| 1969 | 92 | #804 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
Nicknames for Donavan
Names like Donavan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Donavan
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