Donovan
Donovan is ranked 504th among boys in 2024 (603 births). Its best rank was 176th, in 2003.
- Rank in 2024
- #504down 36 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6030.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20032,211 births
- Best rank
- #176in 2003
- Since 1900
- 61,070people given the name
The story in the numbers
61,070 boys have been named Donovan in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 2,211 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 284 → 504).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 32%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Donovan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 83 | |
| 1910s | 336 | |
| 1920s | 719 | |
| 1930s | 866 | |
| 1940s | 717 | |
| 1950s | 876 | |
| 1960s | 1,813 | |
| 1970s | 3,750 | |
| 1980s | 4,551 | |
| 1990s | 12,241 | |
| 2000s | 19,328 | |
| 2010s | 12,288 | |
| 2020s | 3,502 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Donovan was the 176th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Donovan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brauliopeak 2005
- Blaynepeak 2009
- Keltonpeak 2002
- Brycepeak 2000
- Davenpeak 2007
- Mauriciopeak 2008
- Kolinpeak 2003
- Quintenpeak 2000
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.