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Donna

Girl's name · #1965 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Donna belongs to an older America first — it reached #5 back in 1959 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1965. About 832,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#143 in Netherlands (2025) · #523 in Belgium (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #2,322 in Austria (2025) · #4,177 in France (2025) · #736 in Ireland (2024) · #2,395 in Ecuador (2024) · #2,445 in Canada (2024) · #5,892 in England & Wales (2024) · #3,483 in Italy (2023) · #815 in Scotland (2012) · #372 in N. Ireland (2004) and 3 more.

Famous Donnas

• Donna Strickland — Canadian physicist, engineer, and Nobel laureate (born 1959)
• Donna Summer — American singer (1948–2012)
• Donna Tartt — American writer (born 1963)
• Donna Reed — American actress (1921–1986)
• Donna Haraway — American philosopher (born 1944)
• Donna Vekić — Croatian tennis player (born 1996)
• Donna Douglas — American actress (1932–2015)
• Donna Murphy — American actress and singer (born 1959)
• Donna Karan — American fashion designer (born 1948)
• Donna Leon — American-Swiss crime novelist (born 1942)

In stories & tradition

• Donna Noble — Fictional character from Doctor Who
• Donna Troy — DC Comics superhero
• Donna Martin — Fictional character from the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise

What Donnas become

Among 798 notable people named Donna:

Entertainers appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Donna Summer, American singer (1948–2012).

Similar names: Carol · Dora · Mona · Diane · Tina · Sheila

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