Donella · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 87 recorded years as a table

Donella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1910	13
1914	7
1915	12
1916	8
1917	7
1918	4
1919	9
1920	8
1921	16
1922	19
1923	12
1924	12
1925	17
1926	10
1927	15
1928	12
1929	13
1930	16
1931	18
1932	13
1933	13
1934	10
1935	12
1936	12
1937	16
1938	14
1939	12
1940	15
1941	15
1942	13
1943	14
1944	17
1945	15
1946	20
1947	17
1948	17
1949	24
1950	27
1951	16
1952	28
1953	16
1954	16
1955	13
1956	12
1957	14
1958	7
1959	16
1960	13
1961	13
1962	14
1963	19
1964	9
1965	11
1966	13
1967	25
1968	24
1969	28
1970	29
1971	25
1972	28
1973	29
1974	29
1975	14
1976	12
1977	18
1978	15
1979	16
1980	12
1981	13
1982	12
1983	11
1984	14
1985	6
1986	12
1987	11
1988	9
1989	7
1990	7
1991	9
1992	7
1994	4
1995	3
1996	4
1998	3
2008	3
2018	4
2025	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donella 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

More like Donella

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 5
Rank in 2025: #14,942
How rare: 1 in 321,453 girls
Since 1910: 1,823

Most popular in 1974, at 29 per million girls born.

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

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