Donatello comes from the Italian / Latin tradition, meaning Donated.
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How popular is Donatello?
2022peak year
Today, Donatello is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3528), with only about 34 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 47 babies were given the name (ranked #2761 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Donatello has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 470 babies have been registered as Donatello since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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