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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Donell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Donell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Donell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Donell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Donell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Donell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Donell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Donell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 27 0.000012788 5 22 -63%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 5 30 -71%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 7 12 -26%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 22 0.000008178 22 -100%
1945 30 0.000011308 7 23 -53%
1946 35 0.000010954 5 30 -71%
1947 46 0.00001277 10 36 -57%
1948 38 0.000011006 6 32 -68%
1949 61 0.000017505 10 51 -67%
1950 55 0.000015699 8 47 -71%
1951 70 0.000019002 12 58 -66%
1952 84 0.000022117 12 72 -71%
1953 83 0.000021538 9 74 -78%
1954 90 0.000022609 16 74 -64%
1955 94 0.000023412 17 77 -64%
1956 108 0.000026194 15 93 -72%
1957 102 0.000024273 13 89 -75%
1958 83 0.000020078 14 69 -66%
1959 110 0.000026455 11 99 -80%
1960 104 0.000025037 16 88 -69%
1961 78 0.00001883 17 61 -56%
1962 92 0.000022798 23 69 -50%
1963 84 0.000021222 16 68 -62%
1964 93 0.000023922 13 80 -72%
1965 94 0.000025928 16 78 -66%
1966 90 0.000025894 19 71 -58%
1967 81 0.000023859 17 64 -58%
1968 102 0.000030192 24 78 -53%
1969 86 0.000024746 19 67 -56%
1970 80 0.000022182 16 64 -60%
1971 89 0.00002593 17 72 -62%
1972 105 0.000033408 16 89 -70%
1973 92 0.000030495 13 79 -72%
1974 96 0.000031579 13 83 -73%
1975 95 0.000031463 15 80 -68%
1976 97 0.000031968 10 87 -79%
1977 108 0.000034 14 94 -74%
1978 101 0.000031822 20 81 -60%
1979 96 0.000028855 13 83 -73%
1980 93 0.000027 12 81 -74%
1981 95 0.000027462 14 81 -71%
1982 83 0.00002366 9 74 -78%
1983 88 0.000025409 11 77 -75%
1984 79 0.000022644 12 67 -70%
1985 81 0.000022695 81 -100%
1986 79 0.000022209 11 68 -72%
1987 70 0.000019414 7 63 -80%
1988 63 0.00001705 63 -100%
1989 60 0.000015607 60 -100%
1990 80 0.00002024 6 74 -85%
1991 66 0.000016944 66 -100%
1992 63 0.000016401 63 -100%
1993 54 0.000014323 54 -100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 -100%
1995 39 0.000010649 39 -100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 -100%
1997 49 0.000013514 49 -100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 -100%
1999 42 0.00001137 42 -100%
2000 68 0.00001799 68 -100%
2001 47 0.000012555 47 -100%
2002 47 0.000012573 47 -100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 -100%
2004 40 0.000010469 40 -100%
2005 51 0.000013265 51 -100%
2006 48 0.000012133 48 -100%
2007 44 0.000011006 44 -100%
2008 39 0.000009922 39 -100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 -100%
2010 37 0.000010012 37 -100%
2011 24 0.000006561 24 -100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 -100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 -100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 13 0.000003892 13 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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