Donny is a distinctive choice, ranked #1322 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Donny in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1322
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Donny
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Donny per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Donny in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Donny is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 109 places over the last five years to #1322 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 — Donny van de Beek is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Girona.; Donny Johnson — Donald Clayton "Donny" Johnson is an American painter and convicted murderer.; Donny Boaz — Donny Boaz is an American actor who recently portrayed the role of Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless..
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.
20
UK babies named Donny (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 109 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
Likely around 1 other Donny in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
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 van de Beek is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Girona. In youth international football, Van de Beek made more than 40 appearances for the Netherlands from under-17 to under-21 level.
Donald Clayton "Donny" Johnson is an American painter and convicted murderer. He is known for his unconventional technique, which involves using a brush made of his own hair and pigment from M&M's candy shells dissolved in water.
Donald Bradford Gerrard was a Canadian singer. He was a member of the band Skylark in the early 1970s, and in later years performed and recorded as a baritone backup singer for artists such as Mavis Staples.
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.