Donzell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dahn-ZEL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Donzell is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Donzell come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, perhaps Don + Zell or a variant of Denzell
Is Donzell a girl's or a boy's name?
Donzell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donzell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Donzell, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had more boys named Donzell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Donzell in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donzell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 46 | #1,725 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Names like Donzell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniel Derek Michael Dustin Matthew Jason Mitchell Derrick Joel Patrick Eric David
Names related to Donzell
More Modern names
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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, “Donzell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donzell, updated 20 October 2026.