Donnel

Boy · recorded 1922–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1974best year

Most popular in 1974.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1922

061219221946197019932017

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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 79 recorded years as a table
Donnel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19225
19235
19254
19274
19287
193310
19346
19357
19369
193710
193810
19405
19417
19426
19436
19445
19457
19464
19504
19514
19525
19546
19555
19574
19587
19595
19605
19617
19624
19634
19649
19655
19667
19676
196810
19694
19704
19719
197210
19736
197412
19759
197610
19773
197810
19796
198011
19817
198210
19838
19846
19855
19863
19877
19884
19896
19906
19915
19927
19934
19946
19954
19965
19977
19984
19993
20004
20024
20033
20043
20053
20073
20094
20103
20113
20123
20135
20144
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donnel 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 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#10,775
How rare
1 in 308,492 boys
Since 1922
776

Donnel was last recorded in 2017. 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 1974, at 12 per million boys born.

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

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