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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Donnell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Donnell” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Donnell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Donnell” 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
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 27 0.000011566 27 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 32 0.000013938 32 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 5 24 -66%
1928 37 0.000016365 5 32 -73%
1929 30 0.000013685 30 -100%
1930 41 0.000018441 41 -100%
1931 45 0.000021384 9 36 -60%
1932 41 0.000019419 5 36 -76%
1933 30 0.000015004 7 23 -53%
1934 44 0.000021186 5 39 -77%
1935 44 0.000021054 6 38 -73%
1936 49 0.000023585 9 40 -63%
1937 43 0.000020181 6 37 -72%
1938 39 0.000017627 5 34 -74%
1939 36 0.000016338 36 -100%
1940 48 0.000020845 6 42 -75%
1941 65 0.000026678 9 56 -72%
1942 64 0.000023428 9 55 -72%
1943 47 0.000016652 6 41 -74%
1944 57 0.000021189 7 50 -75%
1945 61 0.000022994 11 50 -64%
1946 72 0.000022533 10 62 -72%
1947 88 0.000024429 12 76 -73%
1948 104 0.000030123 19 85 -63%
1949 100 0.000028696 10 90 -80%
1950 154 0.000043958 11 143 -86%
1951 142 0.000038548 8 134 -89%
1952 158 0.000041601 8 150 -90%
1953 178 0.00004619 16 162 -82%
1954 171 0.000042957 21 150 -75%
1955 196 0.000048816 25 171 -74%
1956 223 0.000054086 18 205 -84%
1957 221 0.000052592 26 195 -76%
1958 247 0.00005975 30 217 -76%
1959 230 0.000055315 21 209 -82%
1960 251 0.000060426 26 225 -79%
1961 241 0.00005818 36 205 -70%
1962 287 0.000071121 24 263 -83%
1963 247 0.000062402 33 214 -73%
1964 273 0.000070223 32 241 -77%
1965 234 0.000064544 21 213 -82%
1966 242 0.000069627 23 219 -81%
1967 266 0.000078353 22 244 -83%
1968 277 0.000081991 29 248 -79%
1969 303 0.000087186 49 254 -68%
1970 307 0.000085124 36 271 -77%
1971 302 0.000087986 34 268 -77%
1972 267 0.000084951 29 238 -78%
1973 287 0.000095131 31 256 -78%
1974 285 0.00009375 20 265 -86%
1975 294 0.000097371 25 269 -83%
1976 268 0.000088324 14 254 -90%
1977 249 0.000078388 22 227 -82%
1978 224 0.000070576 19 205 -83%
1979 267 0.000080252 18 249 -87%
1980 286 0.000083031 15 271 -90%
1981 278 0.000080361 18 260 -87%
1982 305 0.000086945 15 290 -90%
1983 231 0.000066699 13 218 -89%
1984 278 0.000079685 19 259 -86%
1985 229 0.000064162 12 217 -90%
1986 217 0.000061005 11 206 -90%
1987 227 0.000062957 7 220 -94%
1988 239 0.000064681 239 -100%
1989 255 0.000066329 6 249 -95%
1990 246 0.000062239 7 239 -94%
1991 212 0.000054425 5 207 -95%
1992 203 0.000052847 203 -100%
1993 200 0.000053046 5 195 -95%
1994 197 0.00005299 197 -100%
1995 171 0.000046694 171 -100%
1996 165 0.00004524 165 -100%
1997 159 0.000043853 159 -100%
1998 131 0.000035615 131 -100%
1999 135 0.000036547 135 -100%
2000 149 0.000039419 149 -100%
2001 155 0.000041406 155 -100%
2002 123 0.000032903 123 -100%
2003 107 0.000028141 107 -100%
2004 134 0.00003507 134 -100%
2005 110 0.00002861 110 -100%
2006 144 0.000036399 5 139 -93%
2007 135 0.00003377 135 -100%
2008 125 0.000031801 125 -100%
2009 79 0.00002068 79 -100%
2010 105 0.000028411 105 -100%
2011 75 0.000020504 75 -100%
2012 88 0.000024061 88 -100%
2013 82 0.000022492 82 -100%
2014 89 0.000024013 89 -100%
2015 78 0.000021076 78 -100%
2016 75 0.000020443 75 -100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 -100%
2018 60 0.000017065 60 -100%
2019 34 0.000009796 34 -100%
2020 46 0.00001377 46 -100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 -100%
2022 32 0.000009459 32 -100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 -100%
2024 22 0.00000661 22 -100%

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