How Many People Are Named Donalda?
An estimated 221 people in the United States have the first name Donalda. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 72 years old, and Donalda peaked in popularity in 1929 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Donalda as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Donalda paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 72, Donalda is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1964.
Estimated Living Americans
221
About 1 in 1,550,925 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
72
years old
Peak Year
1929
17 births
Total Registered
623
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Donalda
Donalda is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 623 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Donalda as a female name
Ranked #9,684 in 1976
5 female births in 1976
Peak: 1929 (17 births)
Donalda: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Donalda span from the 1890s to the 1970s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 119 babies were registered. Donalda has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Donalda by Decade
How has Donalda tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Donalda + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Donalda as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Donalda
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Donalda: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Donalda?
We estimate approximately 221 people named Donalda are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,550,925 Americans share this first name.
Is Donalda a common name?
Donalda is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 623 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Donalda most popular?
Donalda reached peak popularity in 1929, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Donalda is approximately 72 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Donalda a female name?
Donalda is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Donalda Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Donalda Smith, Donalda Johnson, Donalda Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me