Donny
Boy · DON-ee · Scottish
Donny is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “world ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Donny mean?
Scottish: pet form of Donald
“world ruler”
A pet form of Donald, the Scottish Gaelic Domhnall.
- Say it
- DON-ee
Is Donny a girl's or a boy's name?
Donny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Donny, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Donny than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Donny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were given Donny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #635, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Donnie 37
- Donny 17
- Doni 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Donny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Donny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Donny, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 426 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the boys named Donny in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were given Donny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,352, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
- Donnie 89
- Donny 28
Donny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 59 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,284 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,156 |
| 1990 | 115 | #976 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 100 | #960 |
| 1987 | 105 | #920 |
| 1986 | 102 | #900 |
| 1985 | 113 | #845 |
| 1984 | 132 | #752 |
| 1983 | 146 | #709 |
| 1982 | 202 | #602 |
| 1981 | 230 | #565 |
| 1980 | 257 | #536 |
| 1979 | 259 | #526 |
| 1978 | 303 | #460 |
| 1977 | 426 | #378 |
| 1976 | 413 | #378 |
| 1975 | 252 | #503 |
| 1974 | 231 | #519 |
| 1973 | 269 | #479 |
| 1972 | 237 | #512 |
| 1971 | 222 | #536 |
| 1970 | 150 | #668 |
| 1969 | 165 | #610 |
| 1968 | 177 | #570 |
| 1967 | 191 | #540 |
| 1966 | 196 | #548 |
| 1965 | 181 | #569 |
| 1964 | 286 | #467 |
| 1963 | 271 | #486 |
| 1962 | 299 | #461 |
| 1961 | 312 | #456 |
| 1960 | 358 | #420 |
| 1959 | 349 | #428 |
| 1958 | 284 | #465 |
| 1957 | 273 | #466 |
| 1956 | 224 | #504 |
| 1955 | 279 | #444 |
| 1954 | 280 | #428 |
| 1953 | 249 | #452 |
| 1952 | 237 | #457 |
| 1951 | 222 | #454 |
| 1950 | 211 | #453 |
| 1949 | 239 | #432 |
| 1948 | 216 | #452 |
| 1947 | 192 | #483 |
| 1946 | 165 | #504 |
| 1945 | 112 | #572 |
| 1944 | 130 | #531 |
| 1943 | 111 | #600 |
| 1942 | 95 | #663 |
| 1941 | 79 | #691 |
| 1940 | 74 | #702 |
| 1939 | 68 | #726 |
| 1938 | 63 | #770 |
| 1937 | 49 | #880 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
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