Donnie Boy
How popular is Donnie?
#1,793 boy name in 2025
89 baby boys were named Donnie in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
Donnie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,793 for boys (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 89 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,427 in 2015, #1,815 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1952 (1,805 boys) |
| Highest rank | #150 in 1950 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Donnie 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 Donnie is most popular
Babies named Donnie per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
Donnie by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #752 |
| 1890s | 50 | #674 |
| 1900s | 70 | #783 |
| 1910s | 301 | #871 |
| 1920s | 722 | #491 |
| 1930s | 4,229 | #196 |
| 1940s | 10,986 | #156 |
| 1950s | 17,171 | #150 |
| 1960s | 10,890 | #193 |
| 1970s | 7,468 | #246 |
| 1980s | 3,826 | #337 |
| 1990s | 2,196 | #543 |
| 2000s | 1,391 | #947 |
| 2010s | 1,079 | #1,316 |
| 2020s | 531 | #1,721 |
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Questions
- Is Donnie a boy or girl name?
- Donnie is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Donnie were boys.
- How popular is the name Donnie?
- 89 baby boys were named Donnie in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
- When was Donnie most popular?
- Donnie peaked in 1952, when 1,805 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #150, held for 2 years starting in 1950.
- How many people are named Donnie?
- 68,060 babies have been named Donnie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 45,303 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Donnie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Donnie was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 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.