Donato
Recorded 1890–2025 · United States
Donato was most popular in 1926, when 54 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,845 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,126 people named Donato.
Donato over time
How old is the name Donato?
Donato first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1890, which makes it about 135 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 120 of the 136 years since.
How many people are named Donato?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,126 American births named Donato 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 1,965 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Donato in 2025?
13 American babies were named Donato in 2025, ranking #13,540 that year.
Is Donato getting more or less popular?
Donato is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Donato a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Donato is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,126 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Donato?
Roughly 1,965 Americans named Donato are alive today — 63% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 20 and 59. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
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 Donato 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