NameTides

Donald

Donald was the #690 boys' name in the US in 2025 (395 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Donald as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Donald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Donald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#690 (395)#1,466 (18)#400 (8)—#885 (29)—
2024#673 (408)#1,595 (16)#432 (7)—#1,156 (20)—
2023#659 (415)#2,814 (7)#304 (12)—#986 (24)—
2022#676 (403)#1,880 (12)#522 (5)—#989 (23)—
2021#596 (468)#2,493 (8)#401 (8)—#1,109 (20)—
2020#608 (450)#3,848 (4)#390 (8)—#778 (31)—
2019#549 (513)#1,869 (12)#355 (9)#764 (3)#882 (26)—
2018#524 (541)#1,875 (12)#472 (6)—#858 (27)—
2017#486 (603)#1,812 (13)#352 (10)—#971 (23)—
2016#489 (625)#2,335 (9)#442 (7)—#738 (34)—
2015#440 (696)#1,186 (22)#273 (15)—#578 (46)—
2014#419 (738)#2,459 (8)#232 (21)—#724 (34)—
2013#415 (711)#1,920 (11)#335 (11)—#809 (29)—
2012#400 (729)#1,430 (17)#235 (19)—#813 (28)—
2011#377 (788)#944 (30)#224 (19)—#722 (32)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #6.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 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 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Donald is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Donald by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #729FL
Donald (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#90712

Donald (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
DonaldCanadaGirls—too few
DonaldCanadaBoys#88529
DonaldEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
DonaldIrelandBoys—too few
DonaldNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DonaldNSWBoys—too few
DonaldScotlandBoys#4008
DonaldUSGirls—too few
DonaldUSBoys#690395