Donnie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donnie: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #509, reached in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#509highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2004	#1878
2005	#2418
2006	#2282
2007	#1506
2008	#1706
2009	#2318
2010	#1483
2011	#1447
2012	#1430
2013	#2055
2014	#1327
2015	#927
2016	#1363
2017	#1124
2018	#1013
2019	#1189
2020	#1273
2021	#1078
2022	#1058
2023	#754
2024	#898

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 England and Wales in 25 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2025
Highest recorded position: #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2015–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 426 births with the name.

Donnie 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.

Donnie'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2074 (1998)	#754 (2023)	#898 (2024)	25 of 27	426 (1998–2024)	44 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#509 (2025)	#509 (2025)	5 of 11	19 (2015–2025)	6 (2025)

Donnie by decade in England and Wales · 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 Donnie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	204	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	152	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Donnie 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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Donnie'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#754	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1124	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #509, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 26 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.

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Donovan · #272, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Katerina · #509, 30y
Ameerah · #507, 29y
Osama · #506, 28y
Ruby-Mae · #504, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anay · #509, 25y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Lamar · #509, 28y
Mahir · #509, 30y

Donnie was ranked #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Donnie 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 Donnie without appearing here.

Donnie moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #3332.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2857 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.
Malin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2857 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Donnie

Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1202.
Filip Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1286.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1190.

Moved the opposite way to Donnie

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Donnie

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donnie went from #2074 to #898 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Donnie

Donnie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donnie across 2 official records

Donnie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Donnie across 2 official records

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