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Doneta

Doneta is a girl's name that peaked in 1931, when it was the 2,581st most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1970. About 90 Donetas are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 69.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 3 6 9 12 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Doneta

By the numbers

Total US births
144
Estimated living today
90
Median age today
69
Peak year
1931
Best rank
2,581st
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1928

How old the living Donetas are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 3 6 9 12 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 144 babies given the name since 1928, about 90 are alive — 64 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1956 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Names of 1931

The most popular girls’ names the year Doneta peaked:

All the names of 1931

Related names

Doneta against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.