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Donny

Pronounced /ˈdɒni/

Rank in 2024
#3,846
Born in 2024
29
Peak year
1977 · #379
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 29 boys were named Donny, about 1 in every 59,149.
  • It peaked in 1977 with 426 babies, ranked #379.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1927.
  • 12,857 boys have been named Donny since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Donny per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 988 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,946 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,929 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,753 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 846 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 388 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Diminutive forms with -y.

  • A diminutive of the male given names Don, Donald, Donovan, and Adonis.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɒni/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Donny, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Danny

    Rank
    #641
    Born '24
    435
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19542024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Donnie

    Rank
    #1,770
    Born '24
    93
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19522024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Denny

    Rank
    #4,522
    Born '24
    23
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19472024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Donna

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Italian
    1880peak 19602024