girls:
375 births since 1956
#5341 (7th percentile)
boys:
766 births since 1956
#3821 (17th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1956
#6598 (15th percentile)
The name Dondi is the #6,598 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,141 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,821 (16.6% percentile) for all time with 766 births since 1956. For girls, it ranks #5,341 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 375 births since 1956.
Dondi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 . Birth data for Dondi is available in 42 out of the 47 years between 1956 and 2002 (41 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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 Dondi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.1% of all recorded births). In 2002, 100.0% of babies named Dondi were boys.
For boys, Dondi reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #621) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 25 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2002.
For girls, Dondi reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #723) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dondi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dondi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.8% confident that Dondi is pronounced as DAHN-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAWN-dee, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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