How Many People Are Named Donalyn?
An estimated 214 people in the United States have the first name Donalyn. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 65 years old, and Donalyn peaked in popularity in 1958 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Donalyn 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 Donalyn paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
214
About 1 in 1,601,656 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
65
years old
Peak Year
1958
16 births
Total Registered
296
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Donalyn
Donalyn is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 296 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Donalyn as a female name
Ranked #10,851 in 1984
5 female births in 1984
Peak: 1958 (16 births)
Donalyn: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Donalyn span from the 1930s to the 1980s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 95 babies were registered. Donalyn has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Donalyn by Decade
How has Donalyn 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.
Donalyn + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Donalyn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Donalyn: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Donalyn?
We estimate approximately 214 people named Donalyn 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 1,601,656 Americans share this first name.
Is Donalyn a common name?
Donalyn is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 296 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Donalyn most popular?
Donalyn reached peak popularity in 1958, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Donalyn is approximately 65 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Donalyn a female name?
Donalyn is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Donalyn Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Donalyn Smith, Donalyn Johnson, Donalyn 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.
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