# Donny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/donny/  
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 | 12,927 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,887 / 40 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 251, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 7 | 5,033 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,339 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,682 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,733 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,172 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,415 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,970 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,779 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,820 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,984 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,176 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,801 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,021 |
| 2019 | 30 | 3,655 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,747 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,838 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,427 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,036 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,718 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,872 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Donny

- Donny van de Beek, Dutch association football player (born 1997)
- Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
- Donny Robinson, American bicycle cross rider
- Donny Gorter, Dutch footballer
- Donny McCaslin, American musician
- Donny Toia, American soccer player
- Donny Grant, Costa Rican footballer
- Donny Crevels, Dutch racing driver

## 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.