Donetta

Girl · recorded 1919–2002

  • 2002last recorded
  • 1956best year

Most popular in 1956.

Last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five girls 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 Donetta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

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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 78 recorded years as a table
Donetta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19197
19214
19227
19244
19266
19276
192813
19299
19307
193116
193210
193312
193412
193520
193612
193712
193811
19398
194023
194115
194224
194316
194424
194522
194616
194724
194816
194920
195014
195124
195224
195328
195422
195520
195632
195720
195819
195928
196027
196125
196228
196322
196422
196529
196629
196725
196830
196930
197020
197125
197223
197323
197420
197526
197620
197720
197817
197919
19809
198112
198210
198314
19847
19856
198613
19877
198812
19896
19907
19914
19926
19933
19943
19953
19965
19983
19993
20023

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donetta 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 2002
6
Rank in 2002
#13,595
How rare
1 in 299,480 girls
Since 1919
1,994

Donetta was last recorded in 2002. 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 1956, at 32 per million girls born.

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

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