How Many People Are Named Donley?
An estimated 219 people in the United States have the first name Donley. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 73 years old, and Donley peaked in popularity in 1934 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Donley 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 Donley paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 73, Donley is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1963.
Estimated Living Americans
219
About 1 in 1,565,088 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
73
years old
Peak Year
1934
21 births
Total Registered
564
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Donley
Donley is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 564 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Donley as a male name
Ranked #9,207 in 1994
5 male births in 1994
Peak: 1934 (21 births)
Donley: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Donley span from the 1900s to the 1990s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1930s, when 146 babies were registered. Donley has declined significantly from its peak in the 1930s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Donley by Decade
How has Donley 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.
Donley by State
Donley + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Donley as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Donley
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Donley: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Donley?
We estimate approximately 219 people named Donley 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 1,565,088 Americans share this first name.
Is Donley a common name?
Donley is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 564 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Donley most popular?
Donley reached peak popularity in 1934, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Donley is approximately 73 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Donley a male name?
Donley is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Donley Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Donley Smith, Donley Johnson, Donley 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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