Donata
Donata is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman.
- Italian
- Polish
- Lithuanian
- Ancient Roman
Meaning & Origin of Donata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Donata is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Polish
- Lithuanian
- Ancient Roman
The Story of Donata
Donata first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1908, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1956: 19 births, good for #2,623 nationwide. About 20% of every Donata on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Donata last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 551 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Donata
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Donata. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Donata
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About the name Donata
Donata is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 551 births in the dataset. Donata's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #2,623. Use the chart and map above to compare Donata's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.