Donel is a rare variant of Donnell that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Donel is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Donel first appears in 1916 and peaked in 1970 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,087 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,790 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,771 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,121 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,635 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,425 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,228 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,230 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | — | #5,565 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,281 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,103 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | — | #5,994 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,232 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,327 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,257 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #4,987 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | — | #5,303 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #5,772 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | — | #5,171 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,083 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,612 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,542 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | — | #3,947 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,317 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | — | #3,547 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,049 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #7,093 | #3,389 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | — | #2,752 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #7,525 | #5,175 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,543 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | #8,313 | #2,146 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,069 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #5,788 | #2,480 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #1,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,327 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | — | #2,449 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,119 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | — | #2,302 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,438 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | — | #3,427 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | — | #2,328 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | — | #2,298 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,401 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | — | #2,163 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #5,955 | #2,139 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | — | #2,973 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #2,932 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #3,846 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | — | #2,626 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | — | #2,850 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | — | #2,540 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | — | #2,576 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,287 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | — | #1,908 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | — | #2,445 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | — | #2,177 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,632 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | — | #1,922 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,207 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | — | #2,367 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,848 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | — | #2,491 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,581 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,382 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,123 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | — | #2,125 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,705 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | — | #2,102 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | — | #2,814 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,447 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,753 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,471 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,585 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #3,977 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #3,938 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,495 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,334 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,601 |