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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Donel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Donel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Donel” 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 “Donel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Donel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Donel” 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
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 5 14 -47%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 7 12 -26%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 5 18 -57%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 6 5 9%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 7 10 -18%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%

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