girls:
354 births since 1966
#5362 (6th percentile)
boys:
79 births since 1968
#4507 (2nd percentile)
overall:
433 births since 1966
#7306 (6th percentile)
The name Donyale is the #7,306 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 433 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,362 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 354 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,507 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 79 births since 1968.
Donyale first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Donyale is available in 25 out of the 39 years between 1966 and 2004 (25 years for girls and 11 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 Donyale has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2004, 100.0% of babies named Donyale were girls.
For girls, Donyale reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #723) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
For boys, Donyale reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #670) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1981.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Donyale".
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Our model has identified 20 different pronunciations for the name Donyale. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 14.6% confident that Donyale is pronounced as dah-NYAYL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-NYAYL, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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