Donnella

Girl · recorded 1928–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2006. 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 Donnella.

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

061119281948196719872006

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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 40 recorded years as a table
Donnella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19285
19336
19395
19415
19435
19463
19498
19505
19516
19525
19536
19544
19573
19586
19594
19613
19625
19634
19647
19654
19666
19673
19686
19698
197010
19717
197211
19739
19744
19755
19767
19775
19787
19793
19863
19873
19883
19923
19973
20064

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Donnella 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 2006
7
Rank in 2006
#13,606
How rare
1 in 271,601 girls
Since 1928
344

Donnella was last recorded in 2006. 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 1972, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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