girls:
398 births since 1961
#5318 (7th percentile)
boys:
509 births since 1969
#4077 (11th percentile)
overall:
907 births since 1961
#6832 (12th percentile)
The name Donyell is the #6,832 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 907 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,077 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 509 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,318 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 398 births since 1961.
Donyell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Donyell is available in 47 out of the 57 years between 1961 and 2017. 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 Donyell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.1% of all recorded births). In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Donyell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (67.0% girls from 1961 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (61.8% boys from 1974 to 2017).
For boys, Donyell reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #626) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
For girls, Donyell reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #724) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.2% 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 "Donyell".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Donyell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 19.0% confident that Donyell is pronounced as dah-NYEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-nyehl, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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