Donatas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donatas: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #199 in 1987, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#199highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Donatas's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2016

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#4678
2011	#2892
2013	#3822
2016	#4023

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 22 of the 25 years from 1972 to 1996.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #547 among boys in Norway in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1972–1996
Highest recorded position: #199 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1972–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4023 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Boys

Donatas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 313 births with the name.

Donatas 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.

Donatas'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
Norway · Boys	#547 (1972)	#199 (1987)	#567 (1996)	22 of 25	313 (1972–1996)	30 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#4678 (2010)	#2892 (2011)	#4023 (2016)	4 of 7	17 (2010–2016)	6 (2011)

Donatas by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Donatas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	38	6 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	230	10 of 10	23
1990s	45	6 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Donatas 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 1972 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #199 in Norway in 1987.

Donatas'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
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#489	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#456	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#443	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#350	13	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#252	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#257	20	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#199	30	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#211	30	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#207	30	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#235	23	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#251	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#220	26	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#302	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#338	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#441	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#590	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1972 and 2016, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #199, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in Norway in 1985.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 38 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.

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.

Donald · #34, 68y
Donall · #215, 23y
Donna · #5, 72y
Donnacha · #46, 61y

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.

Miller · #199, 27y
Elton · #200, 31y
Katie-Leigh · #201, 21y
Barnaby · #195, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Breandan · #199, 13y
Tea · #199, 45y
Elton · #200, 31y
Maebh · #201, 46y

Donatas was ranked #199 in Norway · Boys in 1987. 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.

Donatas 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 Donatas without appearing here.

Donatas moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1978 they stood at #590 and #284 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #338 and #635.
Roman Compare
In 1992 they stood at #456 and #384 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #450 and #563.
James Compare
In 1995 they stood at #489 and #360 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #567 and #578.
Harry Compare
In 1977 they stood at #590 and #484 in Norway · Boys; by 1978 that had become #441 and #446.

Moved ahead of Donatas

Phillip Compare
In 1995 they stood at #489 and #554 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #567 and #307.
Oscar Compare
In 1989 they stood at #252 and #277 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #350 and #195.
Elias Compare
In 1989 they stood at #252 and #328 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #350 and #209.
Theodor Compare
In 1990 they stood at #350 and #361 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #443 and #342.

What's not yet available

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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 1972 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #199 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Donatas

Donatas at a glance

What stands out in Donatas's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donatas across 2 official records

Donatas by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Donatas at a glance

What stands out in Donatas's record

Donatas across 2 official records

Donatas by decade in Norway · Boys

Donatas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Donatas

Donatas and the names beside it

Donatas moved ahead of

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