Donavan is an uncommon variant of Donovan that peaked in 2002 and has since faded.
Donavan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,426 for boy births in the United States (and #5,218 across all names), given to 56 babies. Donavan first appears in 1919 and peaked in 2002 (270 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,426 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,232 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,450 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,173 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,740 |
| 2020 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,474 |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,869 |
| 2018 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,926 |
| 2017 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,685 |
| 2016 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,929 |
| 2015 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,658 |
| 2014 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,716 |
| 2013 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,514 |
| 2012 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,378 |
| 2011 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 172 | 172 | — | #1,110 |
| 2009 | 190 | 190 | — | #1,024 |
| 2008 | 208 | 208 | — | #963 |
| 2007 | 218 | 218 | — | #910 |
| 2006 | 251 | 251 | — | #813 |
| 2005 | 269 | 269 | — | #748 |
| 2004 | 258 | 258 | — | #732 |
| 2003 | 266 | 266 | — | #706 |
| 2002 | 270 | 270 | — | #678 |
| 2001 | 267 | 267 | — | #680 |
| 2000 | 233 | 233 | — | #736 |
| 1999 | 262 | 262 | — | #659 |
| 1998 | 244 | 244 | — | #689 |
| 1997 | 243 | — | #14,372 | #681 |
| 1996 | 193 | — | — | #764 |
| 1995 | 172 | — | — | #816 |
| 1994 | 205 | — | — | #734 |
| 1993 | 203 | — | — | #730 |
| 1992 | 214 | — | — | #703 |
| 1991 | 224 | — | — | #676 |
| 1990 | 160 | — | — | #803 |
| 1989 | 169 | — | — | #759 |
| 1988 | 121 | — | — | #862 |
| 1987 | 122 | — | — | #847 |
| 1986 | 108 | — | — | #874 |
| 1985 | 98 | — | — | #920 |
| 1984 | 69 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | — | #1,367 |
| 1981 | 67 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1980 | 75 | — | — | #1,043 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | — | #1,140 |
| 1978 | 78 | — | — | #978 |
| 1977 | 84 | — | — | #928 |
| 1976 | 67 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1975 | 65 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1974 | 71 | — | — | #970 |
| 1973 | 68 | — | — | #979 |
| 1972 | 89 | — | — | #852 |
| 1971 | 75 | — | — | #943 |
| 1970 | 85 | — | — | #877 |
| 1969 | 92 | — | — | #805 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | — | #1,324 |
| 1967 | 49 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1966 | 25 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1965 | 26 | — | — | #1,532 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1963 | 22 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | — | #1,773 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | — | #1,751 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | — | #2,238 |
| 1959 | 29 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | — | #2,402 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | — | #2,297 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1955 | 19 | — | — | #1,803 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | — | #1,846 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | — | #2,120 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | — | #2,097 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | — | #1,741 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,819 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | — | #2,493 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | — | #2,491 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | — | #2,274 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,056 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | — | #1,949 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | — | #2,348 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,675 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | — | #1,888 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,709 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | — | #2,106 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | — | #1,817 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | — | #2,008 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #2,984 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | — | #2,690 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | — | #2,426 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,085 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | — | #2,686 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,716 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,646 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | — | #1,870 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,821 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | — | #2,799 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,695 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,558 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,320 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,510 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #3,017 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #2,937 |