Donnis
Donnis is a unisex given name. Notable persons with the name include:Donnis Churchwell (1936–2010), American football player Donnis Thompson (1933–2009), American athletic director and physical education professorDonnis, stage name of the American rapper Ladonnis Decurtis Crump
Meaning & Origin of Donnis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Donnis is a unisex given name. Notable persons with the name include:Donnis Churchwell (1936–2010), American football player Donnis Thompson (1933–2009), American athletic director and physical education professorDonnis, stage name of the American rapper Ladonnis Decurtis Crump
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The Story of Donnis
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Donnis as a girl name dates back to 1912, when 7 babies received it. 1948 was its biggest year on record, with 42 newborns named Donnis — #1,422 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Donnis on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Donnis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Donnis on the record books as a boy name in 1920, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 22 Donniss were born — ranking #1,630 that year. About 27% of every Donnis on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Donnis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 466 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Donnis
Donnis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Donnis's peak popularity came in 1948 when it ranked #1,422. Use the chart and map above to compare Donnis'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 .
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