Name profile

Donna

A name meaning "lady".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈdɑn.ə/; British English /ˈdɒn.ə/
Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#1,962

Meaning and history

Donna comes from the Italian word for "lady" and can also serve as a feminine form of Donald or Don. Its popularity grew from around the 1920s and peaked in the United States in 1959; Ritchie Valens released a song titled Donna in 1958.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 325 births, rank #830
2007: 261 births, rank #1,016
2008: 278 births, rank #962
2009: 262 births, rank #1,007
2010: 258 births, rank #983
20112011: 199 births, rank #1,204
2012: 188 births, rank #1,273
2013: 176 births, rank #1,328
2014: 163 births, rank #1,403
2015: 160 births, rank #1,437
20162016: 118 births, rank #1,757
2017: 124 births, rank #1,716
2018: 139 births, rank #1,554
2019: 116 births, rank #1,763
2020: 137 births, rank #1,545
20212021: 105 births, rank #1,885
2022: 101 births, rank #1,953
2023: 99 births, rank #1,984
2024: 103 births, rank #1,925
20252025: 98 births, rank #1,962

Donna moved from #964 to #983 for girls between 2008 and 2010. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 36,468 births.