Donny

Boy name

Donny has been given to 12,927 babies in the U.S. since 1927. It peaked in 1977.

Meaning & origin /ˈdɒni/

Diminutive forms with -y.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,927

Peak year

1977 (432 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1927

10-year trend

▼ -28%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Donny.

12,827 babies since 1906

12,630 babies since 1958

13,298 babies since 1914

12,145 babies since 1880

11,706 babies since 1894

11,063 babies since 1966

10,916 babies since 1947

15,131 babies since 1927

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