Donn
Boy · DON · Irish
Donn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “brown”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Donn mean?
Irish: Irish name, also a spelling of Don
“brown”
In Irish mythology Donn is the lord of the dead, who dwells at Tech Duinn, the House of Donn.
- Say it
- DON
Is Donn a girl's or a boy's name?
Donn is a boys' name.
How popular is Donn in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 341 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Donn in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1978, 26% of the babies named Donn in the US were girls.
Donn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1970 | 85 | #875 |
| 1969 | 82 | #846 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 85 | #791 |
| 1966 | 73 | #848 |
| 1965 | 70 | #873 |
| 1964 | 113 | #723 |
| 1963 | 97 | #773 |
| 1962 | 103 | #749 |
| 1961 | 112 | #725 |
| 1960 | 141 | #656 |
| 1959 | 149 | #633 |
| 1958 | 156 | #614 |
| 1957 | 171 | #586 |
| 1956 | 147 | #625 |
| 1955 | 193 | #527 |
| 1954 | 168 | #565 |
| 1953 | 190 | #509 |
| 1952 | 182 | #516 |
| 1951 | 216 | #461 |
| 1950 | 250 | #423 |
| 1949 | 341 | #366 |
| 1948 | 157 | #529 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 |
| 1946 | 131 | #556 |
| 1945 | 102 | #599 |
| 1944 | 92 | #642 |
| 1943 | 83 | #703 |
| 1942 | 97 | #646 |
| 1941 | 85 | #662 |
| 1940 | 85 | #653 |
| 1939 | 80 | #663 |
| 1938 | 86 | #644 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 |
| 1936 | 66 | #742 |
| 1935 | 75 | #697 |
| 1934 | 96 | #601 |
| 1933 | 87 | #619 |
| 1932 | 92 | #620 |
| 1931 | 72 | #717 |
| 1930 | 103 | #599 |
| 1929 | 122 | #527 |
| 1928 | 96 | #629 |
| 1927 | 93 | #659 |
| 1926 | 93 | #654 |
| 1925 | 66 | #814 |
| 1924 | 51 | #984 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
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