Donnovan
Boy · DON-o-van · Irish
Donnovan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark brown one”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Donnovan mean?
Irish: spelling of Donovan; Irish surname Ó Donndubháin, from donn, brown, and dubh, dark
“little dark brown one”
From an Irish surname; the O'Donovans were a leading family in west County Cork.
- Say it
- DON-o-van
Meaning borrowed from Donovan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Donnovan a girl's or a boy's name?
Donnovan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donnovan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Donnovan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more boys named Donnovan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Donnovan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donnovan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Donnovan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Donnovan
Names like Donnovan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Donnovan
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