Donny is a distinctive choice, ranked #1538 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Donny in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1538
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About the Name Donny
Donny is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 109 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1108 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Donny is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Donny in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Donny
Donny van de Beek — Donny van de Beek is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Girona.
Donny Boaz — Donny Boaz is an American actor who recently portrayed the role of Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.
Donny Lucas — Donald James "Donny" Lucas is a Canadian actor and comedian.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Donny
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Donny per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Donny in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Donny is declining: down 107 places since 2020, to #1,538 in 2025. It peaked at #1,108 in 2023.
Donny is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Donny include: Donny van de Beek and Donny Boaz. Short summaries for each appear below.
Donny does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Donnys in the wild.
17
UK babies named Donny (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 107 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Donny
Almost certainly the only Donny in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Donny
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Donny George Youkhanna (Arabic: دوني جورج, Syriac: ܕܘܢܝ ܓܘܪܓ ܝܘܚܢܢ) was an Iraqi-Assyrian archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York.