Donda

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Donda has been given to 164 babies in the U.S. since 1946. 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 1963, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Donda, 1974

1 in 608,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Donda: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Donda means

Donda is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Donda is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 164 girls were recorded with the name Donda between 1946 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1963; its best national rank was #3,098 in 1963.

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.

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How common is Donda?

Donda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1974: 1 in 608,000; 5 of 3,039,803 births
Among girls only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1974: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 421,407 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Donda 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 1974 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 421,407 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Donda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dondas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Donda was born before 1964 — so the typical Donda is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 60.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 152; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 60.4% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Donda 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 1963 (17)
Years since peak: 62; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,098; 1963

Spellings of Donda

Donda is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 37.3% against Donda's <0.01%.

Linda37.3%1,455,143
Donna21.3%831,641
Wanda7.2%281,214
Rhonda5.3%208,069
Dana5.0%193,555
Tonya3.1%120,421
Dora2.7%105,930
Lynda2.0%77,979

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.

Donda 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: #3,098; 1963
Peak year: 1963; 17 that year
First recorded: 1946
Last recorded: 1974
All-time count: 164
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Donda

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

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Sibling names for Donda

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

Edie Pennie Nannette Alesia Moira Lolita Lanette Zina

For a brother

Greggory Berry Chet Rob Richie Vince Kennedy Tod

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