Donelle

Boy · recorded 1967–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2019. 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 Donelle.

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Its story

Popularity since 1967

061219671980199320062019

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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 35 recorded years as a table
Donelle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19673
19693
19715
19734
19743
19754
19763
19774
19787
197912
19807
19819
19827
19836
19848
19855
19867
19873
19885
19898
19907
19915
19924
19934
19953
19983
19994
20004
20023
20034
20045
20054
20065
20074
20194

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donelle 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
7
Rank in 2019
#9,756
How rare
1 in 256,316 boys
Since 1967
323

Donelle was last recorded in 2019. 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 1979, at 12 per million boys born.

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

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