# Donnie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donnie/  
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 | 68,060 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60,928 / 7,132 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 458, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 13,771 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,196 |
| 1993 | 11 | 7,652 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7,240 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,263 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,278 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,503 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10,629 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,032 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,925 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,991 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,521 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,269 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,527 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,897 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 104 | 1,527 |
| 2012 | 116 | 1,432 |
| 2013 | 108 | 1,502 |
| 2014 | 127 | 1,352 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,430 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,504 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,596 |
| 2018 | 79 | 1,888 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,852 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,816 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,730 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1,785 |
| 2023 | 81 | 1,931 |
| 2024 | 93 | 1,768 |
| 2025 | 89 | 1,796 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 44 | 754 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Donnie

- Donnie Wahlberg, American musician, singer, producer and actor
- Donnie Van Zant, American singer
- Donnie Nietes, Filipino boxer
- Donnie Hamzik, American drummer
- Donnie Klang, American singer
- Donnie Butcher, American basketball player and coach (1936–2012)
- Donnie Boyce, American basketball player (born 1973)
- Donnie Forman, American basketball player (1926-2018)
- Ma Barker, American mother of several criminals and Barker Gang leader (1873–1935)

## 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.