NameTides

Don

Don was the #1,793 boys' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Don as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Don as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Don as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,793 (89)#2,440 (9)———#2,095 (9)
2024#1,776 (92)#2,444 (9)———#1,764 (11)
2023#1,744 (94)————#2,921 (5)
2022#1,551 (115)#2,321 (9)———#1,895 (9)
2021#1,635 (102)#4,789 (3)———#2,061 (8)
2020#1,716 (90)#1,935 (11)———#1,595 (11)
2019#1,762 (88)#2,266 (9)——#764 (3)—
2018#1,498 (115)#3,959 (4)———#1,983 (8)
2017#1,725 (90)#1,923 (12)———#2,439 (6)
2016#1,563 (105)#4,810 (3)———#2,428 (6)
2015#1,444 (117)#2,483 (8)———#1,577 (11)
2014#1,456 (112)#2,248 (9)———#1,657 (10)
2013#1,352 (125)#2,954 (6)———#1,470 (12)
2012#1,617 (96)#2,270 (9)————
2011#1,448 (113)#1,909 (11)———#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #50.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Don is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Don by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Don (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Don (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DonCanadaBoys#2,0959
DonEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
DonIrelandBoys—too few
DonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DonScotlandBoys—too few
DonUSGirls—too few
DonUSBoys#1,79389