Donnie
Pronounced D AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1952
- 143 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Donnie?
Donnie is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 74,761 children — the 378th most common boys' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 22% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1952, when 2,043 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Donny, Dani and Doney — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Donnie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Donny
- Dani
- Doney
Nicknames
Donnie is itself a short form of Donald.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AA1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Donnie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Donnie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Donnie?
- Donnie ranks 378th among boys' names in US records, with 74,761 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,527.
- Is Donnie a unisex name?
- No. Donnie is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Donnie most popular?
- 1952, when 2,043 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Donnie spelled?
- Donny, Dani, Doney. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.