Donna
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Donna
Literally meaning "lady" in Italian, Donna was the perfect ladylike housewife mom name on The Donna Reed Show in the fifties and sixties. And there were plenty of namesakes: Donna was in the Top 10 in 1964. These days we'd be more likely to associate it with the emanciatpated clothes of Donna Karen than as a baby name.
Though it seems to have a midcentury date stamp, Donna goes back to at least the late nineteenth century, reaching the Top 100 in 1926 and the Top 20 in the 1940s. In 1960, Donna was the fifth most popular name in the United States. Off the charts now, Donna is still remebered as the subject/object of many pop songs, and via the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer,and current bestselling author Donna Tartt.
Donna is also given to boys.
Pronounced DAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Donna ranked #1965 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5 in 1960, Nameberry popularity #777.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,410 | 162 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,441 | 160 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,760 | 118 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,716 | 124 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,556 | 139 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,763 | 116 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,552 | 136 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,887 | 105 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,953 | 101 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,986 | 99 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,941 | 102 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,965 | 98 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Donna for girls
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Donna on lists
Famous Donnas
- Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger)Girl
American actress
- Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith)Girl
American actress
- LaDonna "Donna" SummerGirl
American disco singer
- Donna Ivy (Faske) KaranGirl
American fashion designer
- Donna Lynn DixonGirl
American actress
- Donna LorenGirl
American singer and actress
- Donna PescowGirl
American actress
- Donna LeonGirl
American novelist
- Donna Ares (born Azra Kolakovic)Girl
Bosnian singer
- Donna VekiÄGirl
Croatian tennis player
- Donna Jean Thatcher GodchauxGirl
American singer formerly of The Grateful Dead
- Donna Edna ShalalaGirl
former U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services
- Donna MurphyGirl
American actress and singer
- Donna TarttGirl
American novelist
- Donna BrazileGirl
American author, academic, and political analyst; Democratic party leader
- Donna LongGirl
musician in Irish,American group Cherish the Ladies
- Donna D'ErricoGirl
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Donna in pop culture
- Donna JacksonGirl
character on British TV series "Holby City"
- Donna PaulsenGirl
character from TV's "Suits"
- Donna PinciottiGirl
character from TV's "That 70's Show"
- Donna NobleGirl
character from TV's "Doctor Who"
- DonnaGirl
character in Spider,Man comics
- Donnatella "Donna" MossGirl
character from TV's "The West Wing"
- Donna HaywardGirl
character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
- Donna Troy aka Wonder GirlGirl
DC Universe character
- Donna Nance aka Black SirenGirl
DC Universe character
- Donna MeagleGirl
character from "Parks and Recreation"
- DonnaGirl
character from 2008 movie "Prom Night"
- Donna Jo "D.J." TannerGirl
character on TV's "Full House"
- The DonnasGirl
American all,girl punk band
- "I See Donna Everywhere"Girl
song by band "Too Much Joy"
- Donna CherryGirl
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- "DonnaGirl
" 1958 hit song by Ritchie Valens
- Donna WinstonGirl
character from TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
- Donna SheridanGirl
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- Donna UnderwoodGirl
Noah's mom in Carl Hiaasen's "Flush"
- Donna FreedmanGirl
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- "Leaving Donna"Girl
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