Donna was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #5 in 1959 but is far less common today.
Donna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,965 for girl births in the United States (and #3,579 across all names), given to 98 babies. Donna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (36,468 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | #1,965 | — |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | #1,931 | — |
| 2023 | 99 | 99 | #1,988 | — |
| 2022 | 101 | 101 | #1,955 | — |
| 2021 | 105 | 105 | #1,888 | — |
| 2020 | 137 | 137 | #1,546 | — |
| 2019 | 116 | 116 | #1,764 | — |
| 2018 | 139 | 139 | #1,558 | — |
| 2017 | 124 | 124 | #1,716 | — |
| 2016 | 118 | 118 | #1,761 | — |
| 2015 | 160 | 160 | #1,441 | — |
| 2014 | 163 | 163 | #1,403 | — |
| 2013 | 176 | 176 | #1,329 | — |
| 2012 | 188 | 188 | #1,275 | — |
| 2011 | 199 | 199 | #1,204 | — |
| 2010 | 258 | 258 | #983 | — |
| 2009 | 262 | 262 | #1,009 | — |
| 2008 | 278 | 278 | #964 | — |
| 2007 | 261 | 261 | #1,016 | — |
| 2006 | 325 | 325 | #830 | — |
| 2005 | 305 | 305 | #834 | — |
| 2004 | 331 | 331 | #783 | — |
| 2003 | 323 | 323 | #770 | — |
| 2002 | 376 | 376 | #672 | — |
| 2001 | 355 | 355 | #699 | — |
| 2000 | 370 | 370 | #661 | — |
| 1999 | 373 | 373 | #632 | — |
| 1998 | 433 | 433 | #567 | — |
| 1997 | 422 | — | #554 | — |
| 1996 | 420 | — | #557 | — |
| 1995 | 492 | — | #498 | — |
| 1994 | 662 | — | #383 | — |
| 1993 | 587 | — | #433 | #7,901 |
| 1992 | 679 | — | #380 | — |
| 1991 | 739 | — | #350 | — |
| 1990 | 869 | — | #319 | #5,995 |
| 1989 | 1,000 | — | #270 | #5,786 |
| 1988 | 1,052 | — | #251 | #3,978 |
| 1987 | 1,031 | — | #248 | — |
| 1986 | 999 | — | #259 | #5,488 |
| 1985 | 1,196 | — | #219 | #6,819 |
| 1984 | 1,186 | — | #221 | #6,587 |
| 1983 | 1,389 | — | #192 | #3,687 |
| 1982 | 1,541 | — | #179 | #3,758 |
| 1981 | 1,709 | — | #167 | #4,247 |
| 1980 | 2,014 | — | #144 | #6,515 |
| 1979 | 2,208 | — | #131 | #3,882 |
| 1978 | 2,474 | — | #120 | #2,826 |
| 1977 | 2,593 | — | #113 | #3,254 |
| 1976 | 3,045 | — | #93 | #2,984 |
| 1975 | 3,439 | — | #85 | #2,469 |
| 1974 | 4,376 | — | #67 | #2,007 |
| 1973 | 5,078 | — | #55 | #2,066 |
| 1972 | 6,297 | — | #45 | #1,330 |
| 1971 | 8,047 | — | #38 | #1,472 |
| 1970 | 10,003 | — | #32 | #1,423 |
| 1969 | 11,476 | — | #26 | #1,506 |
| 1968 | 12,795 | — | #24 | #1,087 |
| 1967 | 14,841 | — | #19 | #987 |
| 1966 | 17,086 | — | #12 | #1,045 |
| 1965 | 19,751 | — | #7 | #1,034 |
| 1964 | 23,859 | — | #7 | #1,062 |
| 1963 | 25,473 | — | #6 | #908 |
| 1962 | 25,790 | — | #7 | #904 |
| 1961 | 28,755 | — | #7 | #876 |
| 1960 | 34,216 | — | #5 | #862 |
| 1959 | 36,539 | — | #5 | #907 |
| 1958 | 27,013 | — | #10 | #1,041 |
| 1957 | 28,101 | — | #10 | #990 |
| 1956 | 29,915 | — | #10 | #942 |
| 1955 | 27,995 | — | #10 | #1,013 |
| 1954 | 27,474 | — | #11 | #1,115 |
| 1953 | 24,279 | — | #13 | #1,003 |
| 1952 | 23,753 | — | #13 | #1,250 |
| 1951 | 24,107 | — | #12 | #1,282 |
| 1950 | 21,666 | — | #13 | #1,191 |
| 1949 | 22,101 | — | #12 | #1,052 |
| 1948 | 22,079 | — | #11 | #1,039 |
| 1947 | 23,561 | — | #10 | #1,098 |
| 1946 | 19,824 | — | #13 | #897 |
| 1945 | 15,443 | — | #17 | #955 |
| 1944 | 15,224 | — | #17 | #889 |
| 1943 | 14,954 | — | #17 | #1,040 |
| 1942 | 13,037 | — | #20 | #936 |
| 1941 | 10,493 | — | #20 | #926 |
| 1940 | 9,279 | — | #23 | #931 |
| 1939 | 9,403 | — | #20 | #1,149 |
| 1938 | 9,726 | — | #20 | #1,133 |
| 1937 | 8,925 | — | #21 | #1,038 |
| 1936 | 7,968 | — | #22 | #1,077 |
| 1935 | 7,825 | — | #23 | #1,173 |
| 1934 | 7,906 | — | #23 | #1,104 |
| 1933 | 7,391 | — | #24 | #1,184 |
| 1932 | 7,394 | — | #29 | #1,203 |
| 1931 | 6,624 | — | #32 | #1,433 |
| 1930 | 5,999 | — | #37 | #1,613 |
| 1929 | 5,156 | — | #47 | #1,871 |
| 1928 | 4,484 | — | #61 | #2,188 |
| 1927 | 4,001 | — | #70 | #2,966 |
| 1926 | 3,016 | — | #90 | #3,206 |
| 1925 | 2,434 | — | #110 | #4,371 |
| 1924 | 2,135 | — | #131 | #2,864 |
| 1923 | 1,578 | — | #156 | — |
| 1922 | 1,349 | — | #166 | — |
| 1921 | 1,111 | — | #189 | — |
| 1920 | 959 | — | #202 | — |
| 1919 | 774 | — | #225 | — |
| 1918 | 746 | — | #233 | — |
| 1917 | 652 | — | #243 | — |
| 1916 | 606 | — | #247 | — |
| 1915 | 483 | — | #268 | — |
| 1914 | 283 | — | #310 | — |
| 1913 | 266 | — | #291 | — |
| 1912 | 227 | — | #298 | — |
| 1911 | 149 | — | #324 | — |
| 1910 | 107 | — | #378 | — |
| 1909 | 123 | — | #324 | — |
| 1908 | 98 | — | #365 | — |
| 1907 | 100 | — | #354 | — |
| 1906 | 84 | — | #368 | — |
| 1905 | 59 | — | #440 | — |
| 1904 | 61 | — | #413 | — |
| 1903 | 78 | — | #362 | — |
| 1902 | 55 | — | #416 | — |
| 1901 | 53 | — | #412 | — |
| 1900 | 79 | — | #376 | — |
| 1899 | 52 | — | #404 | — |
| 1898 | 52 | — | #427 | — |
| 1897 | 53 | — | #398 | — |
| 1896 | 40 | — | #458 | — |
| 1895 | 44 | — | #427 | — |
| 1894 | 44 | — | #419 | — |
| 1893 | 42 | — | #416 | — |
| 1892 | 43 | — | #406 | — |
| 1891 | 37 | — | #408 | — |
| 1890 | 33 | — | #449 | — |
| 1889 | 41 | — | #380 | — |
| 1888 | 37 | — | #404 | — |
| 1887 | 38 | — | #349 | — |
| 1886 | 29 | — | #402 | — |
| 1885 | 26 | — | #406 | — |
| 1884 | 22 | — | #429 | — |
| 1883 | 21 | — | #413 | — |
| 1882 | 19 | — | #420 | — |
| 1881 | 15 | — | #437 | — |
| 1880 | 17 | — | #407 | — |