Donny

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donny: Recorded since 1998, it reached #755 in 2021, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#755highest recorded position
4groupings 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	#2901
2000	#3036
2002	#1799
2003	#2857
2004	#1878
2005	#2174
2006	#2870
2007	#1440
2008	#2775
2010	#2199
2011	#2892
2012	#3039
2013	#2403
2014	#2690
2015	#2707
2016	#2175
2017	#2734
2018	#2445
2019	#2266
2020	#1431
2021	#1329
2022	#1469
2023	#1108
2024	#1322

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 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1329 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Donny 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 Donny in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	55	8 of 10	7
2010s	77	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	99	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Donny 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #755 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Donny'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	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	#1799	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #755, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 23 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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Donnie · #509, 26y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Dontae · #1229, 27y

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.

Kyson · #755, 22y
Kaylie · #753, 26y
Nael · #757, 20y
Alexie · #758, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Rafa · #755, 18y
Sania · #756, 29y
Aneurin · #753, 29y
Jameel · #753, 29y

Donny was ranked #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Donny 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 Donny without appearing here.

Donny moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #4810.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2775 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #4678.
Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2266 and #4702.
Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Donny

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1108 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Donny

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Donny

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Donny went from #2901 to #1322 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #755 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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