Donavon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DON-a-vun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Donavon is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Donavon mean?
Irish: spelling of Donovan, from Irish Ó Donnabháin
“dark brown”
Donovan anglicizes the Irish surname Ó Donnabháin, built on Irish donn, 'brown', and dubh, 'dark'.
Is Donavon a girl's or a boy's name?
Donavon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donavon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Donavon, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 156 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Donavon in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donavon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Donavon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,939 |
| 2009 | 92 | #1,697 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,380 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 144 | #1,075 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,025 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 156 | #965 |
| 1999 | 146 | #976 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,047 |
| 1997 | 132 | #979 |
| 1996 | 119 | #1,028 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,037 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 118 | #994 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,032 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,098 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | 109 | #913 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,393 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,158 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1972 | 69 | #976 |
| 1971 | 79 | #914 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Nicknames for Donavon
Names like Donavon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Devin, Brayden, Declan, Kevin, Ryan, Bryan, Cody, Keenan, Brandon, Aiden, Brennan
Other spellings of Donavon
Donovan, Donavan, Donavin, Donaven, Donnovan, Donovin, Donivan
Names related to Donavon
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Ronan, 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, “Donavon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donavon, updated 20 October 2026.