Donovan
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About Donovan
The name Donovan is currently ranked #496 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #176 in 2003. The name is most popular in Wyoming, Hawaii, and District of Columbia. Donovan is occasionally used for girls in 2018.
3 syllables.
As of September 2026, Donovan ranked #496 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #176 in 2003, Nameberry popularity #517.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #284 | 1,271 | 661.7 |
| 2015 | #282 | 1,303 | 679.8 |
| 2016 | #306 | 1,160 | 611.3 |
| 2017 | #322 | 1,061 | 573.2 |
| 2018 | #324 | 1,030 | 567.1 |
| 2019 | #351 | 947 | 527.8 |
| 2020 | #374 | 830 | 480.9 |
| 2021 | #425 | 727 | 415.6 |
| 2022 | #448 | 692 | 396.3 |
| 2023 | #468 | 650 | 380 |
| 2024 | #504 | 603 | 350 |
| 2025 | #496 | 609 | 356.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Donovans
- Donovan (Philips Leitch)
Scottish singer,songwriter
- Donovan Jamal McNabb
American NFL football player
- Donovan Warren
American football player
- Donovan Bailey
Canadian Olympic sprinter
- Donovan Blake
American cricketer
- Donovan Ricketts
Jamaican footballer
- Donovan Frankenreiter
American singer,songwriter
- Donovan Alan Osborne
American baseball player
- Donovan Woods
American football player
- Donovan Patton
American actor
- Donovan Jerome Leitch (b. 1967)
English,American actor; son of singer Donovan
- Donovan "Donnie" Jackson (b. 1992)
son of actress Shar Jackson
- Donovan Charles Hardy (b. 2003)
son of actress Charisma Carpenter
- Donovan Roth (adopted 2006)
son of actors Matt Roth and Laurie Metcalf
- Donovan Rory MacDonald Gallagher (b. 2007)
son of musician Noel Gallagher
- Donovan Jamal McNabb
Jr. (b. 2008), son of NFL player Donovan McNabb
- Donovan Evers Leitch (b. 2015)
son of actor Donovan Leitch & Libby Mintz; grandson of singer Donovan
- Jagger Donovan Rooney (b. 2008)
son of musician Joe Don Rooney and model Tiffany Fallon
- Landon Donovan
American soccer player
- Jeffrey Donovan
American actor
- Tate Donovan
American actor
- Jason Sean Donovan
Australian actor and singer
- Terence Donovan
Australian actor, father of Jason Donovan
Donovan in pop culture
- Donovan
character in "The Puzzle Ring"
- Donovan
vampire on TV's "American Horror Story"
- Mike Donovan
character in Isaac Asimov's Robot stories
- Matt Donovan
character on "The Vampire Diaries"
- Donovan
character in the manga and anime "Berserk"
- Donovan Desmond
antagonist in manga and anime "Spy X Family"