Meaning and history
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin, derived from the given name Donndubán. The name is borne by the Scottish folk musician Donovan Leitch (1946–), known simply as Donovan.
20062006: 1,967 births, rank #198
2007: 2,044 births, rank #197
2008: 1,786 births, rank #214
2009: 1,741 births, rank #215
2010: 1,644 births, rank #217
20112011: 1,363 births, rank #254
2012: 1,272 births, rank #276
2013: 1,237 births, rank #281
2014: 1,271 births, rank #284
2015: 1,304 births, rank #282
20162016: 1,160 births, rank #306
2017: 1,061 births, rank #323
2018: 1,030 births, rank #323
2019: 947 births, rank #352
2020: 830 births, rank #374
20212021: 727 births, rank #424
2022: 693 births, rank #448
2023: 652 births, rank #468
2024: 604 births, rank #506
20252025: 609 births, rank #495
Donovan rose from #506 to #496 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2003, with 2,211 births.