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Donald

Boys' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~685,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#690 among boys
Births in 2025
395 1,420,387 since 1880
Typical age
67 years, median

Donald popularity over time

Donald rank by birth year, 1880–2025Donald ranked #244 in 1880 and #690 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1934.#10#100#690best #6 in 193418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Donald was used most in 1934, when 30,518 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 96 separate years.

The 2025 position is #690, on 395 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 43%. Year on year the rank dropped by 17.

Babies named Donald per yearPeaks at 30,518 births in 1934.30,518 in 1934018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Donald?

About 685,900 people named Donald are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,420,387 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Donald?

The typical living Donald is 67 years old. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Donald a mid-century perennial name.

Your Donald

Ages of living people named DonaldHalf of living Donalds are older than 67 and half younger.median 67020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Donald is most common

Donald is 2.4× as common in Louisiana as it is nationally. Michigan, Ohio and Missouri follow.

Where Donald is used more than average5 states use the name Donald more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 1.8× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.8× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: 1.8× the national rateMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 2.4× the national rateLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 1.8× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Donald is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Louisiana 137 2.4×
Michigan 209 1.8×
Ohio 265 1.8×
Missouri 134 1.8×
Alabama 102 1.8×

Donald in England and Wales

ONS recorded 18 births named Donald in 2025, ranking it #1,466. That is 4.5× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Donald comes from

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Donald

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Donald Trump 45th and 47th President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025) 1946 334
Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023) 1957 111
Donald Sutherland Canadian actor 1935–2024 97
Donald Knuth American computer scientist and mathematician 1938 95
Donald Rumsfeld American politician and diplomat 1932–2021 90
Donald Glaser American physicist and neurobiologist 1926–2013 80
Donald Pleasence British actor 1919–1995 76
Donald Trump Jr. American businessman and reality television personality 1977 57
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,275 in 1911 to 2,879 in 1912 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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