boys:
2.3k births since 1964
#2617 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1964
#5477 (29th percentile)
The name Donavin is the #5,477 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,335 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 29.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,617 (42.9% percentile) for all time with 2,335 births since 1964.
Donavin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (first recorded for boys in 1964). Birth data for Donavin is available in 55 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Donavin reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 17.1% percentile (ranked #684) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 70 births per million (ranked 16.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Donavin ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 11.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donavin".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Donavin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.6% confident that Donavin is pronounced as DAH-nuh-vihn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DOH-nuh-vihn, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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