girls:
1.1k births since 1922
#4589 (20th percentile)
boys:
323 births since 1967
#4263 (7th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1922
#6295 (19th percentile)
The name Donelle is the #6,295 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,450 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 18.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,589 (19.7% percentile) for all time with 1,127 births since 1922. For boys, it ranks #4,263 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 323 births since 1967.
Donelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for girls and 1967 for boys). Birth data for Donelle is available in 66 out of the 98 years between 1922 and 2019 (60 years for girls and 35 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 Donelle has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2019, 0.0% of babies named Donelle were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (80.7% girls from 1922 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (82.4% boys from 2002 to 2019).
For girls, Donelle reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #736) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
For boys, Donelle reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #673) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donelle".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Donelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Donelle is pronounced as doh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-NEHL, at 37.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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