girls:
26 births since 1988
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
25 births since 1977
#4561 (0th percentile)
overall:
51 births since 1977
#7688 (1st percentile)
The name Donsha is the #7,688 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 51 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,561 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1977.
Donsha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Donsha is available in 7 out of the 18 years between 1977 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.
The name Donsha is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1994, 100.0% of babies named Donsha were girls. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1977 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.3% girls from 1988 to 1994).
For girls, Donsha reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #819) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
For boys, Donsha reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donsha".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Donsha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.3% confident that Donsha is pronounced as DAHN-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAWN-shuh, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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