Donavin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DON-a-vun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Donavin is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Donavin 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.
Meaning borrowed from Donavan.
Is Donavin a girl's or a boy's name?
Donavin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donavin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Donavin, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 148 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Donavin in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donavin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Donavin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,664 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,350 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,111 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,059 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,189 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,386 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,635 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
Nicknames for Donavin
Names like Donavin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Declan, Aiden, Finn, Finnegan, Ronan, Devin, Deacon, Kayden, Kian, Brennan
Other spellings of Donavin
Donovan, Donavan, Donavon, Donaven, Donnovan, Donovin, Donivan
Names related to Donavin
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
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, “Donavin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donavin, updated 20 October 2026.