# Donnell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donnell/  
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 | 15,305 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,279 / 1,026 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 133, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 19 | 3,814 |
| 1979 | 18 | 4,086 |
| 1980 | 15 | 4,794 |
| 1981 | 18 | 4,195 |
| 1982 | 15 | 4,770 |
| 1983 | 13 | 5,220 |
| 1984 | 19 | 4,041 |
| 1985 | 12 | 5,762 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,285 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,039 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,220 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,526 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,769 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,107 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,900 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,875 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,715 |
| 2013 | 82 | 1,769 |
| 2014 | 89 | 1,703 |
| 2015 | 78 | 1,878 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,944 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,499 |
| 2018 | 60 | 2,272 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,371 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,700 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,759 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,558 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,494 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,597 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4,067 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,505 |
| 2000 | 17 | 918 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,411 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,578 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |

## People named Donnell

- John Donnell Smith, American biologist and taxonomist (1829-1928)
- Donnell Harvey, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player (born 1993)

## 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.