# Donita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donita/  
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 | 5,189 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,189 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 25 | 3,727 |
| 1989 | 23 | 4,155 |
| 1990 | 35 | 3,175 |
| 1991 | 22 | 4,537 |
| 1992 | 16 | 5,795 |
| 1993 | 22 | 4,557 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,759 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,974 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,010 |
| 1997 | 15 | 6,258 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,502 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,653 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,924 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,015 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,068 |

## People named Donita

- Donita Sparks, American singer and guitarist

## 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.