Donaciano

Boys' name

Form of Donatianus

Donaciano has been given to 552 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Donaciano, 2021

1 in 678,000

Donaciano over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Donaciano: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Donatianus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Donaciano means

Donaciano is a form of Donatianus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Donaciano is used in Spanish (Mexican).

Another recorded pronunciation is /do.na.ˈsja.no/ and /do.na.ˈθja.no/ for Donaciano.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Donatianus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 552 boys were recorded with the name Donaciano between 1884 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1924; its best national rank was #714 in 1884.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Donaciano?

Donaciano had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Donaciano sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Donaciano. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Donacianos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Donaciano was born before 1954 — so the typical Donaciano is around 71 today.

Median birth year: 1954; About 71 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 15.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 8.3%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 301; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 15.6% of all recorded uses (86).

Is Donaciano rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (18)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #714; 1884

Where Donaciano is used

Across 1910–2025, Donaciano was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 236,305 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 33,333
2Texas1 in 100,000
3California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Donaciano has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Donaciano by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #714; 1884
Peak year: 1924; 18 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 552
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Donaciano

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Donatello Dontavius Donnovan Aureliano Donavyn Severiano Dontarius Donovin Donaldo Dontavious Emilliano Stephano Lucciano Donzell Donathan Dontrel Donivan Donaven Cayetano Dontre Dontrell Dontavis Christiano Giuliano

Sibling names for Donaciano

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Leonora Hellen

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Merritt Lacy Wilton Elwin Hosea Rollin

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