Donnie
About Donnie
Infantilizing short form best reserved for toddlers and younger.
Pronounced DAH-nee.
As of October 2026, Donnie ranked #1796 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #150 in 1950.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,352 | 127 | 66.1 |
| 2015 | #1,430 | 120 | 62.6 |
| 2016 | #1,503 | 113 | 59.5 |
| 2017 | #1,596 | 101 | 54.6 |
| 2018 | #1,888 | 79 | 43.5 |
| 2019 | #1,851 | 81 | 45.1 |
| 2020 | #1,815 | 82 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | #1,730 | 94 | 53.7 |
| 2022 | #1,785 | 92 | 52.7 |
| 2023 | #1,930 | 81 | 47.4 |
| 2024 | #1,761 | 93 | 54 |
| 2025 | #1,796 | 89 | 52.1 |
World rankings
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Donnie on lists
Famous Donnies
- Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg
American actor
- Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson
American actor
- Donnie Yen
Hong Kong actor
- Donnie Allison
American NASCAR driver
- Donnie McClurkin
American gospel singer
- Donnie Iris
American musician of bands Jaggerz and Wild Cherry
- Donnie Moore
American baseball player
- Donovan "Donnie" Jackson (b. 1992)
son of actress Shar Jackson
- Donnie Brown (b. 2016)
daughter of actors Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown
Donnie in pop culture
- "Donnie Darko
" 2001 movie and main character
- "Donnie Brasco
" 1997 movie and main character
- Donnie Azoff
character in movie "The Wolf of Wall Street"
- Donald "Donnie" Stevens
character from TV series "Even Stevens"
- Donnie Hendrix
husband of Alison Hendrix on TV's Orphan Black
- "Donnie Barnes
regular guy," alter ego of Farkle Minkus on "Girl Meets World"
- "What A Catch
Donnie", song by Fall Out Boy