# Donell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donell/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,418 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,827 / 591 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 174, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 13 | 4,421 |
| 1974 | 13 | 4,524 |
| 1975 | 15 | 4,203 |
| 1976 | 10 | 5,695 |
| 1977 | 14 | 4,716 |
| 1978 | 20 | 3,665 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5,169 |
| 1980 | 12 | 5,618 |
| 1981 | 14 | 5,041 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7,034 |
| 1983 | 11 | 5,920 |
| 1984 | 12 | 5,631 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,283 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,035 |
| 1990 | 6 | 11,807 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,134 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,928 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,505 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,820 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,114 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,324 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,869 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,379 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,895 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,387 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,223 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,208 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,223 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,554 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13 | 1,082 |
| 2000 | 32 | 579 |
| 2001 | 17 | 947 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,411 |
| 2003 | 13 | 1,248 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1,410 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |

## People named Donell

- Donell Jones, American recording artist; singer, songwriter and record producer
- Donell Taylor, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Larry Nance, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Scoonie Penn, American basketball player (born 1977)

## 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.