Girl name#2,057 of girl names
Donita
Pronounced D AA1 N AY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1962
- 95 years in use
How popular is Donita?
Donita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 5,189 children — the 2,057th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 2009 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1962, when 199 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AA1 N AY1 T AH0 · D AA1 N AY1 T IY1 EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 1111
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Donita
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Donita
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Donita?
- Donita ranks 2,057th among girls' names in US records, with 5,189 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 25.
- Is Donita a unisex name?
- No. Donita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Donita most popular?
- 1962, when 199 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2009.