Donna
Girl · Italian
Donna is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,962nd for girls in the US (98 babies).
What does Donna mean?
Italian
A female given name from Italian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Donna a girl's or a boy's name?
Donna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 90 girls.
Half of all the girls named Donna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#42), 1974 (#25) and 1984 (#28).
Donna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 43 | #650 |
| 1998 | 57 | #547 |
| 1997 | 70 | #476 |
| 1996 | 90 | #402 |
How popular is Donna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,962among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were named Donna, making it the 1,962nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,545th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 36,468 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Donna than any year since 1908.
Half of all the girls named Donna in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 girls in the US were given Donna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,660, up from #1,962 for this spelling alone.
- Donna 98
- Dona 5
Donna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,984 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | 137 | #1,545 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,763 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,554 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,716 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,437 |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,403 |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,328 |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,273 |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,204 |
| 2010 | 258 | #983 |
| 2009 | 262 | #1,007 |
| 2008 | 278 | #962 |
| 2007 | 261 | #1,016 |
| 2006 | 325 | #830 |
| 2005 | 305 | #834 |
| 2004 | 331 | #782 |
| 2003 | 323 | #769 |
| 2002 | 376 | #672 |
| 2001 | 355 | #699 |
| 2000 | 370 | #659 |
| 1999 | 373 | #632 |
| 1998 | 433 | #567 |
| 1997 | 422 | #554 |
| 1996 | 420 | #557 |
| 1995 | 492 | #498 |
| 1994 | 662 | #382 |
| 1993 | 581 | #433 |
| 1992 | 679 | #380 |
| 1991 | 739 | #350 |
| 1990 | 861 | #319 |
| 1989 | 992 | #270 |
| 1988 | 1,040 | #251 |
| 1987 | 1,031 | #248 |
| 1986 | 992 | #259 |
| 1985 | 1,191 | #219 |
| 1984 | 1,181 | #221 |
| 1983 | 1,378 | #192 |
| 1982 | 1,530 | #179 |
| 1981 | 1,700 | #167 |
| 1980 | 2,009 | #144 |
| 1979 | 2,198 | #131 |
| 1978 | 2,459 | #120 |
| 1977 | 2,581 | #113 |
| 1976 | 3,032 | #93 |
| 1975 | 3,422 | #85 |
| 1974 | 4,354 | #67 |
| 1973 | 5,058 | #55 |
| 1972 | 6,257 | #45 |
| 1971 | 8,013 | #38 |
| 1970 | 9,968 | #32 |
| 1969 | 11,447 | #26 |
| 1968 | 12,748 | #24 |
| 1967 | 14,787 | #19 |
| 1966 | 17,037 | #12 |
| 1965 | 19,700 | #7 |
| 1964 | 23,808 | #7 |
| 1963 | 25,405 | #6 |
| 1962 | 25,719 | #7 |
| 1961 | 28,679 | #7 |
| 1960 | 34,138 | #5 |
| 1959 | 36,468 | #5 |
| 1958 | 26,959 | #10 |
| 1957 | 28,042 | #10 |
| 1956 | 29,852 | #10 |
| 1955 | 27,940 | #10 |
| 1954 | 27,429 | #11 |
| 1953 | 24,227 | #13 |
| 1952 | 23,718 | #13 |
| 1951 | 24,074 | #12 |
| 1950 | 21,629 | #13 |
| 1949 | 22,056 | #12 |
| 1948 | 22,033 | #11 |
| 1947 | 23,517 | #10 |
| 1946 | 19,770 | #13 |
| 1945 | 15,397 | #17 |
| 1944 | 15,173 | #17 |
| 1943 | 14,912 | #17 |
| 1942 | 12,987 | #20 |
| 1941 | 10,446 | #20 |
| 1940 | 9,232 | #23 |
| 1939 | 9,371 | #20 |
| 1938 | 9,693 | #20 |
| 1937 | 8,887 | #21 |
| 1936 | 7,932 | #22 |
| 1935 | 7,793 | #23 |
| 1934 | 7,870 | #23 |
| 1933 | 7,360 | #24 |
| 1932 | 7,362 | #29 |
| 1931 | 6,600 | #32 |
| 1930 | 5,978 | #37 |
| 1929 | 5,139 | #47 |
| 1928 | 4,470 | #61 |
| 1927 | 3,992 | #70 |
| 1926 | 3,008 | #90 |
| 1925 | 2,429 | #110 |
| 1924 | 2,125 | #131 |
| 1923 | 1,578 | #156 |
| 1922 | 1,349 | #166 |
| 1921 | 1,111 | #189 |
| 1920 | 959 | #202 |
| 1919 | 774 | #225 |
| 1918 | 746 | #233 |
| 1917 | 652 | #243 |
| 1916 | 606 | #247 |
| 1915 | 483 | #267 |
| 1914 | 283 | #310 |
| 1913 | 266 | #291 |
| 1912 | 227 | #298 |
| 1911 | 149 | #324 |
| 1910 | 107 | #378 |
| 1909 | 123 | #323 |
| 1908 | 98 | #365 |
| 1907 | 100 | #354 |
| 1906 | 84 | #368 |
| 1905 | 59 | #439 |
| 1904 | 61 | #412 |
| 1903 | 78 | #361 |
| 1902 | 55 | #416 |
| 1901 | 53 | #411 |
| 1900 | 79 | #375 |
| 1899 | 52 | #402 |
| 1898 | 52 | #427 |
| 1897 | 53 | #397 |
| 1896 | 40 | #457 |
| 1895 | 44 | #426 |
| 1894 | 44 | #418 |
| 1893 | 42 | #414 |
| 1892 | 43 | #406 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 33 | #446 |
| 1889 | 41 | #379 |
| 1888 | 37 | #403 |
| 1887 | 38 | #348 |
| 1886 | 29 | #400 |
| 1885 | 26 | #405 |
| 1884 | 22 | #425 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 |
| 1882 | 19 | #418 |
| 1881 | 15 | #434 |
| 1880 | 17 | #403 |
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