Donaven
Boy · DON-a-vun · Irish
Donaven is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Donaven mean?
Irish: spelling of Donavan, itself a 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
Meaning borrowed from Donavan.
Is Donaven a girl's or a boy's name?
Donaven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donaven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Donaven, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Donaven in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donaven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Donaven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,171 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Nicknames for Donaven
Names like Donaven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Donaven
Names related to Donaven
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