Dondi
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Dondi has been given to 1,141 babies in the U.S. since 1956. 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 1961, with 50 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.
Babies named Dondi, 2002
1 in 623,000
Dondi over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Dondi over time
In 2002, Dondi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Dondi?
Dondi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2002
- 1 in 623,000
- 6 of 3,737,275 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 323,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2002
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 431,748 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Dondi sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 431,748 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dondi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Dondis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Dondi was born before 1967 — so the typical Dondi is around 58 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 47.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 18.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 766
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 47.4% of all recorded uses (363).
Is Dondi 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 1961 (50)
- Years since peak
- 64
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.9% average annual change
Spellings of Dondi
Dondi is not the most common spelling — Don is, with 56.4% against Dondi's 0.26%.
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.
Where Dondi is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Dondi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 614,537 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3Louisiana1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
- 5Ohio1 in —
- 6Pennsylvania1 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. Dondi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Dondi is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Dondi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,664,335 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Dondi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Dondi around the world
Where Dondi 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.
- South Australia1973–1973#695in 1973
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Dondi by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Dondi
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Dondi
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.