Don is a familiar variant of Donna that peaked in 1946 and has since faded.
Don is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,795 for boy births in the United States (and #3,841 across all names), given to 89 babies. Don first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1946 (4,110 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,795 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,780 |
| 2023 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,552 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,638 |
| 2020 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,722 |
| 2019 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,768 |
| 2018 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,500 |
| 2017 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,725 |
| 2016 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,566 |
| 2015 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,445 |
| 2014 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,457 |
| 2013 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,354 |
| 2012 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,619 |
| 2011 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,452 |
| 2010 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,473 |
| 2009 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,293 |
| 2008 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,306 |
| 2007 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,334 |
| 2006 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,055 |
| 2005 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,156 |
| 2004 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,128 |
| 2003 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,019 |
| 2002 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,003 |
| 2001 | 183 | 183 | — | #873 |
| 2000 | 193 | 193 | — | #830 |
| 1999 | 187 | 187 | — | #816 |
| 1998 | 207 | 207 | — | #767 |
| 1997 | 194 | — | — | #768 |
| 1996 | 233 | — | — | #694 |
| 1995 | 299 | — | — | #597 |
| 1994 | 231 | — | — | #684 |
| 1993 | 309 | — | — | #587 |
| 1992 | 298 | — | #13,889 | #603 |
| 1991 | 353 | — | — | #538 |
| 1990 | 332 | — | — | #554 |
| 1989 | 393 | — | — | #483 |
| 1988 | 462 | — | #8,608 | #425 |
| 1987 | 449 | — | — | #412 |
| 1986 | 467 | — | — | #391 |
| 1985 | 479 | — | #9,637 | #381 |
| 1984 | 472 | — | — | #373 |
| 1983 | 484 | — | #9,335 | #367 |
| 1982 | 552 | — | — | #341 |
| 1981 | 664 | — | #5,986 | #298 |
| 1980 | 606 | — | #7,597 | #321 |
| 1979 | 671 | — | #4,276 | #303 |
| 1978 | 593 | — | #8,832 | #306 |
| 1977 | 740 | — | #7,051 | #268 |
| 1976 | 727 | — | #6,187 | #269 |
| 1975 | 773 | — | #7,368 | #258 |
| 1974 | 809 | — | #5,092 | #252 |
| 1973 | 905 | — | #4,630 | #237 |
| 1972 | 991 | — | #4,139 | #223 |
| 1971 | 1,105 | — | #4,365 | #215 |
| 1970 | 1,294 | — | #3,914 | #203 |
| 1969 | 1,365 | — | #3,498 | #194 |
| 1968 | 1,424 | — | #2,894 | #183 |
| 1967 | 1,483 | — | #3,520 | #177 |
| 1966 | 1,661 | — | #4,019 | #166 |
| 1965 | 1,921 | — | #3,444 | #157 |
| 1964 | 2,313 | — | #4,710 | #141 |
| 1963 | 2,537 | — | #3,373 | #135 |
| 1962 | 2,925 | — | #4,340 | #123 |
| 1961 | 3,166 | — | #3,090 | #121 |
| 1960 | 3,473 | — | #2,837 | #115 |
| 1959 | 3,635 | — | #2,782 | #111 |
| 1958 | 3,596 | — | #2,998 | #112 |
| 1957 | 3,364 | — | #2,839 | #117 |
| 1956 | 2,909 | — | #3,748 | #123 |
| 1955 | 2,660 | — | #3,632 | #125 |
| 1954 | 2,766 | — | #2,612 | #120 |
| 1953 | 2,731 | — | #2,450 | #121 |
| 1952 | 2,581 | — | #3,421 | #120 |
| 1951 | 2,635 | — | #2,614 | #117 |
| 1950 | 2,728 | — | #2,579 | #107 |
| 1949 | 3,074 | — | #2,762 | #98 |
| 1948 | 3,556 | — | #3,416 | #91 |
| 1947 | 4,029 | — | #2,099 | #86 |
| 1946 | 4,130 | — | #2,106 | #79 |
| 1945 | 3,497 | — | #2,262 | #73 |
| 1944 | 3,608 | — | #1,981 | #72 |
| 1943 | 3,832 | — | #2,367 | #72 |
| 1942 | 3,583 | — | #1,994 | #72 |
| 1941 | 3,548 | — | #2,206 | #66 |
| 1940 | 3,565 | — | #1,909 | #62 |
| 1939 | 3,610 | — | #1,691 | #56 |
| 1938 | 3,917 | — | #1,965 | #52 |
| 1937 | 3,839 | — | #1,505 | #51 |
| 1936 | 3,857 | — | #1,420 | #51 |
| 1935 | 3,938 | — | #1,680 | #51 |
| 1934 | 3,950 | — | #1,526 | #50 |
| 1933 | 3,475 | — | #1,619 | #54 |
| 1932 | 3,490 | — | #1,178 | #55 |
| 1931 | 3,216 | — | #1,131 | #59 |
| 1930 | 2,956 | — | #1,294 | #68 |
| 1929 | 2,544 | — | #1,565 | #78 |
| 1928 | 2,411 | — | #1,478 | #84 |
| 1927 | 2,336 | — | #1,412 | #90 |
| 1926 | 1,992 | — | #1,636 | #96 |
| 1925 | 1,671 | — | #2,133 | #106 |
| 1924 | 1,476 | — | #1,730 | #125 |
| 1923 | 1,312 | — | #2,039 | #130 |
| 1922 | 1,201 | — | #2,133 | #136 |
| 1921 | 1,193 | — | #1,936 | #136 |
| 1920 | 1,032 | — | #2,622 | #148 |
| 1919 | 968 | — | #2,686 | #145 |
| 1918 | 939 | — | #3,583 | #153 |
| 1917 | 774 | — | #2,019 | #167 |
| 1916 | 755 | — | #2,705 | #160 |
| 1915 | 758 | — | #2,576 | #156 |
| 1914 | 527 | — | #3,290 | #173 |
| 1913 | 393 | — | #3,304 | #176 |
| 1912 | 342 | — | #1,883 | #177 |
| 1911 | 167 | — | — | #184 |
| 1910 | 140 | — | — | #191 |
| 1909 | 116 | — | #2,020 | #197 |
| 1908 | 107 | — | — | #193 |
| 1907 | 86 | — | #2,146 | #227 |
| 1906 | 87 | — | — | #203 |
| 1905 | 85 | — | — | #206 |
| 1904 | 75 | — | — | #213 |
| 1903 | 64 | — | — | #228 |
| 1902 | 79 | — | — | #200 |
| 1901 | 48 | — | — | #250 |
| 1900 | 81 | — | — | #219 |
| 1899 | 65 | — | — | #202 |
| 1898 | 49 | — | — | #252 |
| 1897 | 49 | — | — | #249 |
| 1896 | 66 | — | — | #221 |
| 1895 | 78 | — | — | #191 |
| 1894 | 72 | — | — | #203 |
| 1893 | 64 | — | — | #213 |
| 1892 | 68 | — | — | #214 |
| 1891 | 48 | — | — | #233 |
| 1890 | 61 | — | — | #212 |
| 1889 | 62 | — | — | #207 |
| 1888 | 50 | — | — | #245 |
| 1887 | 39 | — | — | #256 |
| 1886 | 61 | — | — | #216 |
| 1885 | 35 | — | — | #282 |
| 1884 | 47 | — | — | #251 |
| 1883 | 54 | — | — | #203 |
| 1882 | 46 | — | — | #251 |
| 1881 | 26 | — | — | #320 |
| 1880 | 34 | — | — | #284 |