as a First Name
Of recent origin (not found as a name before the 1920s). It is derived from the Italian vocabulary word donna ‘lady’ (compare Madonna), but it is now also used as a feminine form of Donald.
| 37th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 884,302
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Donna per capita
- 1959
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
53%
55+
55+
45%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
13-29
0.65%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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