# Don (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/don/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 168,839 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 167,632 / 1,207 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 243, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 13 | 4,365 |
| 1972 | 14 | 4,139 |
| 1973 | 12 | 4,630 |
| 1974 | 11 | 5,092 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,368 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,187 |
| 1977 | 8 | 7,051 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,832 |
| 1979 | 17 | 4,276 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,597 |
| 1981 | 11 | 5,986 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,335 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,637 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,608 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,889 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 113 | 1,452 |
| 2012 | 96 | 1,619 |
| 2013 | 125 | 1,354 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,457 |
| 2015 | 117 | 1,445 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,566 |
| 2017 | 90 | 1,725 |
| 2018 | 115 | 1,500 |
| 2019 | 88 | 1,768 |
| 2020 | 90 | 1,722 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,638 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,552 |
| 2023 | 94 | 1,750 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,780 |
| 2025 | 89 | 1,795 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 1,551 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Don

- Don Knotts, American actor and stand-up comedian (1924-2006)
- Don Johnson, American actor and singer (born 1949)
- Don Ameche, American actor (1908–1993)
- Don Budge, American tennis player (1915-2000)
- Don Siegel, American film director (1912–1991)
- Don Rosa, American comic book writer and illustrator (born 1951)
- Don S. Davis, American character actor (1942–2008)
- Don Stark, American actor
- Don Adams, American actor (1923–2005)
- Joe Don Baker, American actor (1936–2025)
- Don Murray, American actor (1929–2024)
- Don Revie, English footballer and manager (1927-1989)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.