Donalda

Girls' name

Feminine form of Donald

Donalda has been given to 623 babies in the U.S. since 1898. 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 1929, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Donalda, 1976

1 in 607,000

Donalda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Donalda: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Donald

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Donalda means

Donalda is a feminine form of Donald.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Donalda is used in Scottish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /də.ˈnɔl.də/ for Donalda.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Donalda → Donald. The family’s meaning is “prince / chief of the world”, recorded in English with the source elements Dubnowalos.

Origin, language, and formation

Donalda is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Donald.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 623 girls were recorded with the name Donalda between 1898 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1929; its best national rank was #1,706 in 1904.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Donalda?

Donalda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 607,000; 5 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 420,604 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Donalda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 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 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Donalda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Donaldas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Donalda was born before 1939 — so the typical Donalda is around 86 today.

Median birth year: 1939; About 86 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 19.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 204; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 19.1% of all recorded uses (119).

Is Donalda 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 1929 (17)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,706; 1904

Spellings of Donalda

Donalda is not the most common spelling — Donald is, with 42.9% against Donalda's 4.8%.

Donald42.9%5,563
Ronald29.7%3,844
Donella14.1%1,823
Donalda4.8%623
Donata4.3%551
Donelda4.2%549

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Donalda around the world

Where Donalda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Scotland
1974–1975
#344
in 1975
South Australia
1947–1981
#616
in 1981

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Donalda by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,706; 1904
Peak year: 1929; 17 that year
First recorded: 1898
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 623
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Donalda

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

Donelda Donella Donesha Donnita Donalee Donyell Donnell Donette Donyale Donelle Donisha Donalyn Donatella Donell Donice Donata Donia Dondra Donica Donovan Donnisha Donetta Donika Donnalee

Sibling names for Donalda

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

Marvel Socorro Ofelia Edward Billy Ardith Bennie Paul

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Gaylord

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