Donny is an established variant of Donna that peaked in 1977 and has since faded.
Donny is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,872 for boy births in the United States (and #8,316 across all names), given to 28 babies. Donny first appears in 1927 and peaked in 1977 (426 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,872 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,718 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,036 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,427 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,838 |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,747 |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,655 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,021 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,801 |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,176 |
| 2015 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,984 |
| 2014 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,820 |
| 2013 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,779 |
| 2012 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,970 |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,185 |
| 2010 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,191 |
| 2009 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,658 |
| 2008 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,244 |
| 2007 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,194 |
| 2006 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,209 |
| 2005 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,378 |
| 2004 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,107 |
| 2003 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,214 |
| 2002 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,695 |
| 2001 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,634 |
| 2000 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,589 |
| 1999 | 68 | 68 | — | #1,595 |
| 1998 | 53 | 53 | — | #1,853 |
| 1997 | 40 | — | — | #2,179 |
| 1996 | 57 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1995 | 59 | — | — | #1,578 |
| 1994 | 57 | — | — | #1,616 |
| 1993 | 70 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1992 | 77 | — | — | #1,291 |
| 1991 | 90 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 115 | — | — | #982 |
| 1989 | 98 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1988 | 100 | — | — | #964 |
| 1987 | 105 | — | — | #922 |
| 1986 | 102 | — | — | #905 |
| 1985 | 113 | — | — | #845 |
| 1984 | 132 | — | — | #753 |
| 1983 | 146 | — | — | #709 |
| 1982 | 202 | — | — | #602 |
| 1981 | 236 | — | #9,415 | #565 |
| 1980 | 257 | — | — | #536 |
| 1979 | 259 | — | — | #526 |
| 1978 | 308 | — | #10,172 | #460 |
| 1977 | 432 | — | #8,733 | #378 |
| 1976 | 413 | — | — | #378 |
| 1975 | 252 | — | — | #503 |
| 1974 | 231 | — | — | #520 |
| 1973 | 275 | — | #7,682 | #479 |
| 1972 | 237 | — | — | #512 |
| 1971 | 222 | — | — | #536 |
| 1970 | 150 | — | — | #668 |
| 1969 | 170 | — | #7,773 | #610 |
| 1968 | 177 | — | — | #570 |
| 1967 | 191 | — | — | #540 |
| 1966 | 196 | — | — | #548 |
| 1965 | 181 | — | — | #569 |
| 1964 | 286 | — | — | #467 |
| 1963 | 271 | — | — | #486 |
| 1962 | 299 | — | — | #462 |
| 1961 | 312 | — | — | #456 |
| 1960 | 358 | — | — | #420 |
| 1959 | 349 | — | — | #428 |
| 1958 | 289 | — | #6,339 | #466 |
| 1957 | 280 | — | #5,033 | #467 |
| 1956 | 224 | — | — | #505 |
| 1955 | 279 | — | — | #446 |
| 1954 | 280 | — | — | #430 |
| 1953 | 249 | — | — | #453 |
| 1952 | 237 | — | — | #458 |
| 1951 | 222 | — | — | #455 |
| 1950 | 211 | — | — | #454 |
| 1949 | 239 | — | — | #433 |
| 1948 | 216 | — | — | #452 |
| 1947 | 192 | — | — | #484 |
| 1946 | 165 | — | — | #504 |
| 1945 | 112 | — | — | #572 |
| 1944 | 130 | — | — | #532 |
| 1943 | 111 | — | — | #600 |
| 1942 | 95 | — | — | #663 |
| 1941 | 79 | — | — | #691 |
| 1940 | 74 | — | — | #703 |
| 1939 | 68 | — | — | #727 |
| 1938 | 63 | — | — | #771 |
| 1937 | 49 | — | — | #882 |
| 1936 | 38 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1935 | 37 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | — | #1,480 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1930 | 16 | — | — | #1,910 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,662 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | — | #4,301 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | — | #3,546 |