Fun Facts About the Name Donia
- More than 1 thousand babies named Donia: U.S. records list 1,219 babies given the name Donia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Donia Mean?
Donia is a feminine given name, most often a variant spelling of Dounia, from Arabic dunyā (دُنْيَا), meaning "world." In Arabic, dunyā refers specifically to the earthly world or worldly life, as distinguished from the life to come. It is traditionally analyzed as a feminine form related to adnā, "nearer" or "lower," so al-dunyā literally means "the nearer" or "lower world"; "world" is the customary name meaning rather than a word-for-word translation.
Donia Name History & Origins
The word al-dunyā appears in the Quran and in classical Islamic texts for earthly life, and the personal name Dunya or Dounia comes from that religious and literary vocabulary. The name is used in Arabic-speaking countries and among Muslim communities in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Donia is an English-language spelling of the same name; the similar-looking Italian name Donna derives from Latin domina, "lady," and is not the source of the Arabic name.
How Popular is the Name Donia?
Donia recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1970. Its best rank was #855 in 1881.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,533 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #13,899 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #14,038 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,104 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #12,811 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #13,084 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #8,110 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #15,002 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #17,271 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #15,488 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,602 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #15,500 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #15,786 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #11,026 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #7,166 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #7,983 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #11,162 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #8,392 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #9,222 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #7,157 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #4,046 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #4,324 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #5,497 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #6,819 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #4,703 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #7,271 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #5,078 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #7,239 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #12,209 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,254 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,483 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #7,454 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #8,229 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #5,404 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #6,033 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #4,786 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #6,151 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #6,423 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #9,339 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #8,470 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #5,651 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #3,749 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #5,843 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #3,956 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1977 | #5,989 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #5,696 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #2,827 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1974 | #3,737 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1973 | #3,671 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1972 | #3,593 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #3,695 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #2,129 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1969 | #3,122 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1968 | #2,989 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1967 | #3,712 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #5,983 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,445 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1964 | #4,163 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #4,626 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #4,342 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #4,074 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #4,260 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #3,882 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,614 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #6,309 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,460 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,147 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #4,696 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,778 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #4,877 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,974 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #4,294 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #3,747 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #2,778 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1944 | #3,453 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #3,304 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #2,862 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1941 | #4,575 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #3,282 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #4,483 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,920 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1935 | #2,780 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #3,546 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,659 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,570 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #3,120 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #4,194 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1928 | #2,820 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #3,354 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #3,647 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #3,463 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #5,139 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1922 | #4,112 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #2,984 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1920 | #4,521 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #2,687 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1918 | #2,129 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1917 | #4,221 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,639 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #3,896 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #2,706 | 8 | 0.0011% |
| 1912 | #2,717 | 6 | 0.0011% |
| 1910 | #2,507 | 5 | 0.0013% |
| 1907 | #2,148 | 5 | 0.0016% |
| 1901 | #1,532 | 6 | 0.0025% |
| 1900 | #1,614 | 7 | 0.0023% |
| 1897 | #1,289 | 7 | 0.0030% |
| 1894 | #1,262 | 7 | 0.0031% |
| 1893 | #1,205 | 7 | 0.0033% |
| 1892 | #1,319 | 6 | 0.0028% |
| 1890 | #1,246 | 6 | 0.0032% |
| 1889 | #919 | 9 | 0.0050% |
| 1888 | #1,336 | 5 | 0.0028% |
| 1886 | #1,147 | 5 | 0.0035% |
| 1885 | #951 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1881 | #855 | 5 | 0.0054% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Donia Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are strong in material matters, determined and stubborn. You have good business ability. You are a good worker, steady and practical, a builder who takes responsibility well. These qualities may bring you a position of authority and power. You are a doer, down-to-earth, serious-minded, reliable, and self-disciplined; have good power of concentration. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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