UK girl's name
Donna-Marie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2021. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Donna-Marie is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Donna-Marie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2021 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5581, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1998, with 3 births.
This profile covers 12 England and Wales registrations across 4 recorded years from 1998 to 2021. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 100% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 60 living people in the UK are called Donna-Marie. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2022 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Donna-Marie ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales in 2021, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1998, when 3 girls were registered as Donna-Marie.
- • Donna-Marie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #577 in 1988.
- • About 60 living people in the UK are estimated to have Donna-Marie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5581
2021
Births in 2021
3
Latest year
Peak year
1998
3 births
Estimated living
60
2026
Popularity
Donna-Marie over time
The chart below shows babies named Donna-Marie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1998 to 2021. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Donna-Marie, the clearest high point is 1998. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2021, compared with 3 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Donna-Marie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Donna-Marie was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5581 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #5688 | 6 | 2 |
| 1990s | #3848 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Donna-Marie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Donna-Marie. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Donna-Marie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #577 in 1988.
Across the UK
Donna-Marie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#577 in 1988
12 years of NRS records, 49 total registered
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FAQ
Donna-Marie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Donna-Marie in the UK right now?
In 2021, Donna-Marie was ranked #5581 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Donna-Marie most popular?
The peak year on record was 1998, with 3 babies registered as Donna-Marie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Donna-Marie in the UK?
A total of 12 babies have been registered as Donna-Marie across the 4 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 49 more in Scotland.
Where is Donna-Marie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Donna-Marie ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #577 in 1988. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.