# Dona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dona/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,032 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 175 / 18,857 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 45, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 9,432 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,013 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,703 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,062 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,937 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,111 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8,868 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,643 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,243 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,089 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,484 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,947 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,531 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 5 | 3,910 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,363 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,810 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,255 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,655 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,553 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,868 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,807 |
| 1951 | 9 | 2,716 |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,967 |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,286 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,666 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,705 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,408 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,621 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |

## People named Dona

- Dona Drake, actress, singer, dancer (1914-1989)
- Dona Bailey, American video game programmer

## 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.