Donelle
Donelle is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197042 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1922
- 1,450people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,127 girls have been named Donelle in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 42 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 42 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1970s alone account for 28%.
Donelle is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are boys (323), most of them born around 1979.
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Donelle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Donelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carinpeak 1970
- Rochellpeak 1971
- Melindapeak 1970
- Criseldapeak 1974
- Jeninepeak 1970
- Danapeak 1971
- Jenninepeak 1971
- Charissepeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.