Is Donnis a boy or girl name?

Donnis is a unisex name. Of the 1,512 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 69.2% were girls and 30.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1954, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Donnis

Recorded 1912–2023 · United States

Donnis was most popular in 1948, when 59 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,997 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,512 people named Donnis.

Donnis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Donnis’s peak in 1948. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Donnis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Donnis is a unisex name — 69.2% of the 1,512 Americans given it were girls and 30.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1954 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org