Donelda
Recorded 1912–1972 · United States
Donelda was most popular in 1932, when 18 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,353 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 549 people named Donelda.
Donelda over time
How old is the name Donelda?
Donelda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 114 years since. It was last recorded in 1972.
How many people are named Donelda?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 549 American births named Donelda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 208 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Donelda in 2025?
Donelda was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Donelda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Donelda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 549 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Donelda?
Roughly 208 Americans named Donelda are alive today — 38% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 76 years old, and half are between 68 and 84.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Donelda is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org