Donovan
16
Babies in 2024
-41%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 34
+100%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Donovan
Donovan peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (34 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 16 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Donovan reached its peak in 2008, when 34 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #818 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 16 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 634 boys have been officially registered with the name Donovan in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 211 boys were registered with the name, starting from 27 in 2014 and ending at 16 in 2024.