The name Donna is of Italian origin, and means lady.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Donna has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Donna
Use of the Name Donna for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
827,620
430,451
20,440
3,880
1,742
647
325
The table below indicates the number of times the name Donna has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Donna
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
408
17
1881
437
15
1882
420
19
1883
399
22
1884
429
22
1885
406
26
1886
402
29
1887
335
41
1888
404
37
1889
380
41
1890
449
33
1891
408
37
1892
406
43
1893
416
42
1894
419
44
1895
427
44
1896
458
40
1897
398
53
1898
427
52
1899
404
52
1900
361
89
1901
412
53
1902
416
55
1903
361
78
1904
414
61
1905
433
60
1906
367
84
1907
354
100
1908
365
98
1909
322
125
1910
378
107
1911
324
149
1912
298
226
1913
291
266
1914
310
284
1915
267
482
1916
247
607
1917
243
651
1918
232
750
1919
225
775
1920
203
957
1921
189
1,110
1922
166
1,350
1923
156
1,585
1924
131
2,124
1925
110
2,431
1926
90
3,009
1927
70
3,987
1928
61
4,460
1929
47
5,127
1930
37
5,978
1931
32
6,592
1932
29
7,363
1933
24
7,355
1934
23
7,873
1935
23
7,787
1936
22
7,925
1937
21
8,885
1938
20
9,697
1939
20
9,367
1940
23
9,236
942
46
1941
20
10,448
916
48
1942
20
13,007
930
51
1943
17
14,874
1944
17
15,157
896
50
1945
17
15,384
952
46
1946
13
19,745
892
54
1947
10
23,492
1948
11
22,010
1949
12
22,031
1950
13
21,631
1951
12
24,038
1952
13
23,717
1953
13
24,208
1954
11
27,420
1955
10
27,931
1956
10
29,840
944
63
1957
10
28,043
986
59
1958
10
26,947
1959
5
36,439
913
70
1960
5
34,130
859
78
1961
7
28,650
877
76
1962
7
25,723
900
71
1963
6
25,393
911
67
1964
7
23,805
1965
7
19,700
1966
12
17,019
1967
19
14,804
996
53
1968
24
12,754
1969
26
11,462
1970
32
9,967
1971
38
8,007
1972
45
6,268
1973
55
5,060
1974
67
4,365
1975
84
3,425
1976
92
3,036
1977
112
2,586
1978
120
2,459
1979
131
2,198
1980
144
2,011
1981
166
1,699
1982
179
1,527
1983
192
1,379
1984
221
1,181
1985
219
1,187
1986
259
986
1987
248
1,030
1988
251
1,038
1989
270
992
1990
315
862
1991
350
739
1992
374
685
1993
429
583
1994
383
661
1995
499
491
1996
553
420
1997
553
423
1998
567
432
1999
631
372
2000
660
369
2001
699
354
2002
674
372
2003
765
322
2004
781
325
Totals:
827,620
832
During the last 125 years, parents have used Donna as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.