girls:
318 births since 1947
#5398 (6th percentile)
boys:
236 births since 1969
#4350 (5th percentile)
overall:
554 births since 1947
#7185 (7th percentile)
The name Donnelle is the #7,185 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 554 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,398 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 318 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,350 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 236 births since 1969.
Donnelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Donnelle is available in 50 out of the 67 years between 1947 and 2013 (38 years for girls and 31 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 Donnelle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.4% of all recorded births). In 2013, 0.0% of babies named Donnelle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for girls (69.7% girls from 1947 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.6% boys from 1988 to 2013).
For girls, Donnelle reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #762) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
For boys, Donnelle reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #680) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donnelle".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Donnelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Donnelle is pronounced as dah-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-NEHL, at 34.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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