NameTides

Donovan

Donovan was the #495 boys' name in the US in 2025 (609 babies), and #1,066 in England & Wales and #685 in Canada.

Donovan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Donovan 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Donovan 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#495 (609)#1,066 (28)———#685 (40)
2024#506 (604)#1,595 (16)——#785 (3)#567 (48)
2023#468 (652)#2,547 (8)———#504 (55)
2022#448 (693)#1,179 (23)———#670 (39)
2021#424 (727)#1,984 (11)———#485 (60)
2020#374 (830)#1,723 (13)#711 (3)——#475 (58)
2019#352 (947)#1,506 (16)———#527 (53)
2018#323 (1,030)#1,158 (23)#704 (3)——#533 (52)
2017#323 (1,061)#1,210 (22)———#369 (86)
2016#306 (1,160)#946 (31)———#391 (78)
2015#282 (1,304)#1,236 (21)———#434 (68)
2014#284 (1,271)#1,035 (27)——#550 (5)#394 (75)
2013#281 (1,237)#1,116 (23)#590 (4)#398 (3)—#392 (74)
2012#276 (1,272)#1,086 (25)——#718 (3)#379 (78)
2011#254 (1,363)#1,688 (13)#648 (3)——#342 (88)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #176.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Donovan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Donovan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #513ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #502NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #483INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #313NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #376CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #533TXFlorida: #557FL
Donovan (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
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#52123

Donovan (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
DonovanCanadaBoys#68540
DonovanEngland & WalesBoys#1,06628
DonovanIrelandBoys—too few
DonovanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DonovanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DonovanScotlandBoys—too few
DonovanUSGirls—too few
DonovanUSBoys#495609