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How popular is the name Donovan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Donovans are alive today.
Donovan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1066th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 34 babies were given the name, the 818th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 31 babies given the name that year.
The Donovan you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Donovans born in England and Wales are between 11 and 29, and there are at least 820 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 Donovan - on average, only one in every 370 such rooms contains a Donovan.
How many babies are named Donovan each year?
Where does Donovan 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 Donovan most popular?
Donovan peaked in 2008, when 34 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Donovan?
At least 820 people named Donovan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Donovan?
Most living Donovans are between 11 and 29; the most common age is about 17.
Is Donovan becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.