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Donal

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Donal is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 597th, in 1931.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
193098 births
Best rank
#597in 1931
Since 1909
3,707people given the name
Babies named Donal, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,707 boys have been named Donal in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 98 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 98 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1930s alone account for 21%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Donal
1900s5
1910s158
1920s734
1930s797
1940s503
1950s471
1960s378
1970s222
1980s166
1990s136
2000s79
2010s43
2020s15

In 1930, its biggest year

Donal was the 621st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.

Names that rose and fell with Donal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.