Masculine dossier · first seen 1890
Donato
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1926
Peak era
1926
Peak births
54
Current vitality
Rare
Peak generation
Greatest Generation
Quick answers about Donato
How many people are named Donato?
An estimated 1,895 living Americans are named Donato.
How rare is Donato?
Donato is very rare among babies today, with 13 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 75.9% from its 1926 peak.
How old is the typical Donato?
The median age of a living American named Donato is approximately 36 years, with most bearers falling between 19 and 56 years old.
Is Donato still popular?
Not especially. Donato has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 13 births in 2025.
Where is Donato most common?
Donato has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 4.5× more often than the national baseline.
1890Peak 19262025
Peak year
1926
Decline from peak
75.9%
2025
13
All-time
3,126
Where it lives now
Donato is most concentrated in New York — about 3.9× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Donato is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.