Dona

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dona: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dona: Recorded since 1970, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #447, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#447highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dona's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#2802
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2011	#5785
2016	#5785
2020	#4535

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 40 years from 1970 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4564 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #447 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1970–2009
Highest recorded position: #447 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1970–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Dona appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 11 ranked years and 45 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1970.

Dona across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#447 (1970)	#893 (2009)	3 of 40	9 (1970–2009)	3 (1970)
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#2802 (2004)	#4535 (2020)	11 of 20	45 (2001–2020)	6 (2004)

Dona by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dona in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	35	8 of 10	4
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #447 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Dona's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1970 and 2020, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #447, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
17 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,535position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
31 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Donagh · #125, 61y
Donal · #38, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ivy-Mae · #447, 14y
Cyprian · #448, 17y
Darcie-Rose · #446, 16y
Emilia-Rose · #446, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Alwyn · #446, 24y
Joleen · #446, 17y
Yolanda · #446, 31y
Lolita · #449, 22y

Dona was ranked #447 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dona without appearing here.

Dona moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Dona

Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2084.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the same way as Dona

Belinda Compare
Between 2001 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Dona went from #3998 to #5785 and Belinda from #898 to #5785.
Carol Compare
Between 2001 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Dona went from #3998 to #5785 and Carol from #1617 to #4096.
Finlay Compare
Between 2001 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Dona went from #3998 to #5785 and Finlay from #853 to #5785.
Kerry Compare
Between 2001 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Dona went from #3998 to #5785 and Kerry from #321 to #3609.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #447 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dona

Dona at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dona across 2 official records

Dona by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dona appears in

Popularity data

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What stands out in Dona's record

Dona across 2 official records

Dona by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Dona and the names beside it

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