Donyea

girls:

97 births since 1988

#5619 (2nd percentile)

boys:

171 births since 1973

#4415 (4th percentile)

overall:

268 births since 1973

#7471 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Donyea is the #7,471 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 268 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 3.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,415 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 171 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,619 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 97 births since 1988.

Donyea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Donyea is available in 25 out of the 41 years between 1973 and 2013 (22 years for boys and 13 years for girls). 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 Donyea has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.8% of all recorded births). In 2013, 100.0% of babies named Donyea were boys.

For boys, Donyea reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #786) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.

For girls, Donyea reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #865) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.

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

1973 2013 19732013

Key Statistics

Total Births
97
Peak Births
14
Peak Year
1998
First Recorded
1988
Peak Percentile
1.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#865
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
171
Peak Births
14
Peak Year
1998
First Recorded
1973
Peak Percentile
1.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#786
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Donyea

Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Donyea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 21.4% confident that Donyea is pronounced as doh-NYAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-nyeh-uh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

doh-NYAY (2 syllables)
21.4% confidence
D OW0 N Y EY1
DAH-nyeh-uh (3 syllables)
14.3% confidence
D AA1 N Y EH0 AH0
DAH-nyee-uh (3 syllables)
9.5% confidence
D AA1 N Y IY0 AH0
duh-NYAY (2 syllables)
9.5% confidence
D AH0 N Y EY1
DAH-nyay-uh (3 syllables)
7.1% confidence
D AA1 N Y EY0 AH0
DAW-nyee-uh (3 syllables)
4.8% confidence
D AO1 N Y IY0 AH0
DAH-NYAY-uh (3 syllables)
4.8% confidence
D AA1 N Y EY1 AH0
duh-NYEE-uh (3 syllables)
4.8% confidence
D AH0 N Y IY1 AH0
daw-NYAY (2 syllables)
4.8% confidence
D AO0 N Y EY1
dah-NYAY (2 syllables)
4.8% confidence
D AA0 N Y EY1
DOH-nyeh (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D OW1 N Y EH0
dah-NYEH (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D AA0 N Y EH1
DAH-nyih-uh (3 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D AA1 N Y IH0 AH0
DAW-nyay (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D AO1 N Y EY0
doh-NYAY-uh (3 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D OW0 N Y EY1 AH0
DAW-nyee (2 syllables)
2.4% confidence
D AO1 N Y IY0

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.

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