Donovan is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Donovan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #496 for boy births in the United States (and #999 across all names), given to 609 babies. Donovan was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 2003 (2,211 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 609 | 609 | — | #496 |
| 2024 | 604 | 604 | — | #506 |
| 2023 | 652 | 652 | — | #468 |
| 2022 | 693 | 693 | — | #448 |
| 2021 | 727 | 727 | — | #425 |
| 2020 | 830 | 830 | — | #374 |
| 2019 | 947 | 947 | — | #352 |
| 2018 | 1,035 | 1,035 | #16,347 | #325 |
| 2017 | 1,066 | 1,066 | #16,528 | #323 |
| 2016 | 1,165 | 1,165 | #16,952 | #306 |
| 2015 | 1,304 | 1,304 | — | #282 |
| 2014 | 1,276 | 1,276 | #17,270 | #284 |
| 2013 | 1,237 | 1,237 | — | #281 |
| 2012 | 1,272 | 1,272 | — | #276 |
| 2011 | 1,363 | 1,363 | — | #254 |
| 2010 | 1,649 | 1,649 | #17,763 | #217 |
| 2009 | 1,741 | 1,741 | — | #215 |
| 2008 | 1,793 | 1,793 | #14,260 | #214 |
| 2007 | 2,050 | 2,050 | #16,061 | #197 |
| 2006 | 1,967 | 1,967 | — | #198 |
| 2005 | 2,186 | 2,186 | — | #185 |
| 2004 | 2,068 | 2,068 | #8,393 | #187 |
| 2003 | 2,219 | 2,219 | #11,605 | #176 |
| 2002 | 1,971 | 1,971 | #12,578 | #190 |
| 2001 | 1,664 | 1,664 | #12,421 | #211 |
| 2000 | 1,730 | 1,739 | #8,177 | #206 |
| 1999 | 1,642 | 1,650 | #8,977 | #210 |
| 1998 | 1,553 | 1,563 | #8,156 | #210 |
| 1997 | 1,458 | — | #9,245 | #213 |
| 1996 | 1,201 | — | — | #246 |
| 1995 | 1,086 | — | #8,977 | #261 |
| 1994 | 1,110 | — | — | #261 |
| 1993 | 1,150 | — | #12,211 | #249 |
| 1992 | 1,183 | — | #10,812 | #243 |
| 1991 | 1,064 | — | #13,773 | #256 |
| 1990 | 855 | — | #11,809 | #300 |
| 1989 | 773 | — | — | #311 |
| 1988 | 680 | — | #8,613 | #321 |
| 1987 | 639 | — | #7,537 | #326 |
| 1986 | 504 | — | #7,274 | #373 |
| 1985 | 466 | — | #9,641 | #391 |
| 1984 | 340 | — | #7,580 | #463 |
| 1983 | 278 | — | — | #504 |
| 1982 | 280 | — | — | #507 |
| 1981 | 295 | — | #9,416 | #494 |
| 1980 | 344 | — | — | #449 |
| 1979 | 317 | — | — | #459 |
| 1978 | 300 | — | #7,839 | #476 |
| 1977 | 324 | — | — | #442 |
| 1976 | 348 | — | — | #414 |
| 1975 | 338 | — | — | #425 |
| 1974 | 369 | — | — | #405 |
| 1973 | 378 | — | — | #400 |
| 1972 | 409 | — | #7,527 | #392 |
| 1971 | 479 | — | — | #366 |
| 1970 | 506 | — | #8,319 | #365 |
| 1969 | 486 | — | #5,579 | #361 |
| 1968 | 283 | — | — | #455 |
| 1967 | 227 | — | — | #500 |
| 1966 | 175 | — | — | #573 |
| 1965 | 132 | — | — | #649 |
| 1964 | 119 | — | — | #710 |
| 1963 | 102 | — | — | #760 |
| 1962 | 103 | — | — | #754 |
| 1961 | 119 | — | — | #700 |
| 1960 | 75 | — | — | #878 |
| 1959 | 86 | — | — | #824 |
| 1958 | 74 | — | — | #878 |
| 1957 | 116 | — | — | #704 |
| 1956 | 88 | — | — | #793 |
| 1955 | 107 | — | — | #708 |
| 1954 | 76 | — | — | #829 |
| 1953 | 80 | — | — | #802 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | — | #824 |
| 1951 | 86 | — | — | #753 |
| 1950 | 90 | — | — | #721 |
| 1949 | 70 | — | — | #817 |
| 1948 | 78 | — | — | #768 |
| 1947 | 78 | — | — | #780 |
| 1946 | 83 | — | — | #717 |
| 1945 | 58 | — | — | #822 |
| 1944 | 63 | — | — | #790 |
| 1943 | 73 | — | — | #764 |
| 1942 | 65 | — | — | #798 |
| 1941 | 65 | — | — | #771 |
| 1940 | 84 | — | — | #660 |
| 1939 | 79 | — | — | #667 |
| 1938 | 91 | — | — | #624 |
| 1937 | 64 | — | — | #765 |
| 1936 | 79 | — | — | #662 |
| 1935 | 66 | — | — | #759 |
| 1934 | 109 | — | — | #567 |
| 1933 | 80 | — | — | #651 |
| 1932 | 107 | — | — | #575 |
| 1931 | 98 | — | — | #591 |
| 1930 | 93 | — | — | #637 |
| 1929 | 85 | — | — | #666 |
| 1928 | 93 | — | — | #649 |
| 1927 | 78 | — | — | #742 |
| 1926 | 66 | — | — | #814 |
| 1925 | 75 | — | — | #760 |
| 1924 | 65 | — | — | #851 |
| 1923 | 75 | — | — | #758 |
| 1922 | 52 | — | — | #980 |
| 1921 | 69 | — | — | #828 |
| 1920 | 61 | — | — | #879 |
| 1919 | 54 | — | — | #910 |
| 1918 | 46 | — | — | #988 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1916 | 49 | — | — | #898 |
| 1915 | 45 | — | — | #928 |
| 1914 | 35 | — | — | #937 |
| 1913 | 28 | — | — | #936 |
| 1912 | 26 | — | — | #884 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #999 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,434 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #941 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #868 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #712 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #825 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | — | #808 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | — | #953 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #879 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #983 |