girls:
565 births since 1913
#5151 (10th percentile)
boys:
147 births since 1919
#4439 (3rd percentile)
overall:
712 births since 1913
#7027 (9th percentile)
The name Donis is the #7,027 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 712 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,151 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 565 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #4,439 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 147 births since 1919.
Donis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Donis is available in 55 out of the 110 years between 1913 and 2022 (50 years for girls and 22 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 Donis has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Donis were girls. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (83.8% girls from 1913 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2019 to 2022).
For girls, Donis reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #557) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1970.
For boys, Donis reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #523) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Donis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.0% confident that Donis is pronounced as DOH-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-nihs, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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