Donelle

Girl · recorded 1922–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls 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

0142719221943196519862007

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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 60 recorded years as a table
Donelle, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19226
19414
19426
19434
19444
19467
19473
19484
19495
19508
19516
19529
195312
19545
195511
19569
195710
19586
195910
19609
19619
196214
196310
196415
196515
196612
196722
196824
196918
197024
197119
197220
197327
197420
197521
197623
197718
197813
197917
198013
198117
198211
19839
198413
198512
198613
198711
198817
19899
19908
19914
19927
19935
19955
19966
19977
19987
20003
20023
20074

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 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#13,924
How rare
1 in 274,659 girls
Since 1922
1,127

Donelle was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 27 per million girls 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.