Donia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOON-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Donia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the world”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Donia mean?
Arabic: variant of Dunya
“the world”
A spelling of Dunya, the Arabic word for 'the world' or 'this worldly life'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Donia a girl's or a boy's name?
Donia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Donia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Donia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Donia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Donia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Donia in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
Names like Donia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Donia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donia, updated 20 October 2026.