Donnita

girls:

855 births since 1937

#4861 (15th percentile)

overall:

855 births since 1937

#6884 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Donnita is the #6,884 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 855 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,861 (14.9% percentile) for all time with 855 births since 1937.

Donnita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (first recorded for girls in 1937). Birth data for Donnita is available in 54 out of the 58 years between 1937 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, Donnita reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #717) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% 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 "Donnita".

1937 1994 19371994

Key Statistics

Total Births
855
Peak Births
28
Peak Year
1973
First Recorded
1937
Peak Percentile
3.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#717
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Donnita

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Donnita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 37.8% confident that Donnita is pronounced as dah-NEE-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-NEE-tuh, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

dah-NEE-tuh (3 syllables)
37.8% confidence
D AA0 N IY1 T AH0
DAH-nee-tuh (3 syllables)
18.9% confidence
D AA1 N IY0 T AH0
DAH-nih-tuh (3 syllables)
10.8% confidence
D AA1 N IH0 T AH0
doh-NEE-tuh (3 syllables)
8.1% confidence
D OW0 N IY1 T AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AA0 N IY1 T AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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