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Donna

The name Donna carries the meaning "Lady", with roots in Italian. It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is about as mainstream as a name gets. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

ItalianLady
LatinNoblewoman, mistress of the house
Births by decade
1900s
792
1910s
4,294
1920s
26,222
1930s
79,155
1940s
165,991
1950s
270,829
1960s
214,027
1970s
47,571
1980s
13,113
1990s
5,678
2000s
3,181
2010s
1,378
Peaked in the 1950s · 832,231 total U.S. births since 1900