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Donna

Girl

Origin of the name

Donna comes from the Italian donna, “lady.”

Short-lived name

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1959 was its best year: 36,468 births, or 1 baby in 114. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 1962. 33% of all babies named Donna since 1880 were born in the 1950s.
831,641births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 1959

Where babies named Donna are born

1959

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The darker the blue, the more common Donna is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Donna is most common in Rhode Island (2 times), South Dakota (1.7) and Massachusetts (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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