Donny Boy
How popular is Donny?
#3,847 boy name in 2025
28 baby boys were named Donny in the US in 2025, making it the 3847th most popular boy name.
Donny popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,847 for boys (▼ 156 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,965 in 2015, #3,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (426 boys) |
| Highest rank | #378 in 1976 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1927 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Donny counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Donnie family of names ranked #1,314 for boys in 2025 (#1,262 the year before), with 117 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Donnie | 89 | 76% |
| Donny | 28 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Donny is most popular
Babies named Donny per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Donny by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,450 |
| 1930s | 376 | #726 |
| 1940s | 1,413 | #432 |
| 1950s | 2,608 | #428 |
| 1960s | 2,436 | #420 |
| 1970s | 2,762 | #378 |
| 1980s | 1,485 | #536 |
| 1990s | 686 | #976 |
| 2000s | 576 | #1,581 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,761 |
| 2020s | 175 | #3,410 |
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Questions
- Is Donny a boy or girl name?
- Donny is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Donny were boys.
- How popular is the name Donny?
- 28 baby boys were named Donny in the US in 2025, making it the 3847th most popular boy name.
- When was Donny most popular?
- Donny peaked in 1977, when 426 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #378, held for 2 years starting in 1976.
- How many people are named Donny?
- 12,927 babies have been named Donny in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,291 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Donny most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Donny was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.