Donal

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Donald is a Scottish masculine given name. It is derived from the Gaelic name Dòmhnall. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos. The final -d in Donald is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers.

From Wikipedia

Donal first appears in the data in 1909 and has been recorded in 108 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1930 with 98 babies (rank #621 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Donal

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Donal yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,712
Total babies (all years)
108
Years in the data
98
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19095#1,510
19105#1,656
191313#1,514
191419#1,403
191523#1,426
191621#1,560
191723#1,491
191820#1,729
191934#1,213
192038#1,163
192167#845
192289#692
192384#708
192478#753
192570#787
192658#879
192783#713
192887#676
192980#689
193098#621
193197#597
193288#644
193378#664
193480#678
193583#654
193682#638
193768#738
193863#770
193960#786
194052#873
194161#807
194256#883
194339#1,091
194445#965
194540#1,009
194648#971
194750#1,015
194852#967
194960#889
195043#1,077
195150#996
195253#984
195345#1,092
195445#1,116
195544#1,117
195652#1,047
195746#1,137
195842#1,191
195951#1,087
196045#1,169
196146#1,160
196241#1,217
196356#1,012
196430#1,444
196539#1,227
196634#1,311
196731#1,372
196833#1,346
196923#1,742
197025#1,760
197132#1,537
197224#1,833
197314#2,631
197422#2,006
197520#2,231
197621#2,193
197712#3,253
197825#1,981
197927#1,959
198017#2,756
198114#3,080
198213#3,341
198320#2,434
198419#2,558
198513#3,458
198621#2,542
19879#4,662
198824#2,460
198916#3,501
199017#3,498
199118#3,366
19929#5,770
199316#3,872
19949#5,990
199511#5,229
199616#4,064
199714#4,512
199815#4,466
199911#5,758
200011#6,021
20019#7,065
200210#6,673
20039#7,403
20047#9,190
200512#6,326
20068#8,927
20076#11,301
20087#10,152
20105#12,769
20116#11,202
20145#12,563
20157#9,822
20165#12,707
20186#11,132
20199#8,377
20205#12,537
20215#12,630
20235#12,700