# Donn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donn/  
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 | 6,615 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,553 / 62 (1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | 5,615 |
| 1960 | 7 | 5,311 |
| 1961 | 7 | 5,440 |
| 1962 | 7 | 5,441 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,198 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6,782 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,442 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,632 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,610 |
| 1978 | 8 | 7,116 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 5,379 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,942 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,353 |
| 2000 | 17 | 4,444 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,041 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,705 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,451 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,024 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,303 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,637 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,564 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,088 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,097 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,807 |

## People named Donn

- Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (1930–1987)
- Donn Roach, American baseball player
- Donn F. Draeger, American martial artist (1922–1982)
- Donn Tatum, American businessman (1913-1993)
- Brad Sellers, American basketball player (born 1962)

## 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.