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How popular is the name Donal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Donals are alive today.
Donal (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2001, when 7 babies were given the name, the 1746th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 6 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2001; the 2024 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
The Donal you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Donals born in England and Wales are between 12 and 29, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Donal - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Donal.
How many babies are named Donal each year?
Where does Donal rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Donal most popular?
Donal peaked in 2001, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Donal?
At least 120 people named Donal born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Donal?
Most living Donals are between 12 and 29; the most common age is about 24. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Donal becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2001 peak.