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Donna

“Woman, lady of the house (Italian)” — Italian origin

Girl's name · #1965 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Donna belongs to an older America first — it reached #5 back in 1959 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1965. About 832,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,400 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 girls in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Donnas

• Donna Strickland — Canadian physicist, Nobel laurate
• Donna Summer — American singer (1948–2012)
• Donna Tartt — American writer
• Donna Reed — American film and television actress
• Donna Haraway — American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies

In stories & tradition

• Donna Noble — Doctor Who · Beautiful Chaos
• Donna Troy — The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure · DC Nation Shorts
• Donna Martin — Beverly Hills, 90210

What Donnas become

Among 798 notable people named Donna:

Entertainers appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Donna Summer, American singer (1948–2012).

Similar names: Janice · Dora · Mona · Diane · Tina · Sheila

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