girls:
197 births since 1976
#5519 (3rd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1974
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
203 births since 1974
#7536 (3rd percentile)
The name Donae is the #7,536 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 203 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,519 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1974.
Donae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Donae is available in 26 out of the 43 years between 1974 and 2016 (25 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Donae has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for boys (54.5% boys from 1974 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1979 to 2016).
For girls, Donae reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #927) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Donae reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #652) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1974.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donae".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Donae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.6% confident that Donae is pronounced as doh-NAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DOH-nay, at 29.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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