Donel

Boy · recorded 1916–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Donel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

071419161941196519902014

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 78 recorded years as a table
Donel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19167
19185
19197
19206
19215
19246
19266
19279
19286
19298
193013
19319
193212
193312
19346
19359
19369
193714
19389
19395
194012
19414
19429
19437
194410
19457
19466
19475
19495
19505
19513
19524
19534
19547
19557
19566
19576
19596
19603
19613
19626
19634
19646
19654
19669
19687
19693
197010
19713
19723
19738
19746
19755
19766
19774
19785
19793
19804
19814
19824
19843
19854
19864
19873
19884
19893
19904
19914
19924
19945
19956
19963
19973
20004
20074
20103
20113
20143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014
6
Rank in 2014
#10,717
How rare
1 in 320,145 boys
Since 1916
691

Donel was last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Donel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.