Donnalee

girls:

966 births since 1926

#4750 (17th percentile)

overall:

966 births since 1926

#6773 (12th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Donnalee is the #6,773 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 966 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 12.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,750 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 966 births since 1926.

Donnalee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (first recorded for girls in 1926). Birth data for Donnalee is available in 53 out of the 69 years between 1926 and 1994. 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 girls, Donnalee reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #642) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1944, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donnalee".

1926 1994 19261994

Key Statistics

Total Births
966
Peak Births
49
Peak Year
1948
First Recorded
1926
Peak Percentile
6.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#642
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Donnalee

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Donnalee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 72.3% confident that Donnalee is pronounced as DAH-nuh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-nuh-LEE, at 27.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.

DAH-nuh-lee (3 syllables)
72.3% confidence
D AA1 N AH0 L IY0
DAH-nuh-LEE (3 syllables)
27.7% confidence
D AA1 N AH0 L IY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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