Donnel is a rare variant of Donnell that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Donnel is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Donnel first appears in 1922 and peaked in 1980 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,123 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,917 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,673 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,168 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,792 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,773 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,208 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,043 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,924 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,322 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,360 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,852 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,446 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,355 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | — | #7,809 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,513 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,128 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,554 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | — | #4,873 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,375 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | — | #4,392 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,205 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | — | #4,477 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | — | #4,092 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,329 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,143 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,424 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | — | #3,771 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | — | #2,958 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | — | #2,534 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,472 |
| 1980 | 25 | — | #10,812 | #2,465 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,883 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | — | #2,592 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #6,109 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,738 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,792 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | — | #2,214 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,277 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | #8,611 | #2,353 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #8,675 | #2,397 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,597 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,690 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #5,789 | #1,911 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,513 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #5,989 | #2,253 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | — | #2,661 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | — | #1,994 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #6,858 | #3,120 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | — | #2,901 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #6,813 | #2,271 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #4,538 | #2,575 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | — | #2,569 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | — | #2,118 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,880 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | — | #2,627 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | — | #2,234 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | — | #2,728 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | — | #3,142 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | — | #2,831 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,262 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | — | #2,934 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | — | #2,789 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,764 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,527 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,218 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,226 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | — | #2,237 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | — | #2,492 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,033 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,383 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | — | #2,410 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | — | #3,151 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | — | #4,351 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,372 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #3,929 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,468 |