Donivan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DON-i-van
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Donivan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Donivan mean?
Irish: spelling of Donovan, from O Donnabhain
“dark brown”
From the Irish surname O Donnabhain; the O'Donovans were a leading family of County Cork.
Is Donivan a girl's or a boy's name?
Donivan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donivan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Donivan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Donivan in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donivan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Donivan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
Nicknames for Donivan
Names like Donivan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Declan Brayden Finnegan Ronan Aiden Brennan Finn Deegan Teagan Keenan Conan
Other spellings of Donivan
Names related to Donivan
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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, “Donivan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donivan, updated 20 October 2026.