Fewer Americans are naming their children “Donald” than ever, hitting a new low in the president’s second term.
Social Security Administration (SSA) data shows 2025 was the lowest point in recorded history for the name, with Donald only ranking 690th among the most popular names in the U.S.
The 690th most popular American girl’s name in 2025 was Khaleesi, the Dothraki word for ‘queen’ in HBO’s Game of Thrones.
The top baby name for boys in 2025 was Liam and the top baby name for girls was Olivia, per the SSA.
President Trump was born in 1946, 12 years after his name peaked in popularity and it remained in the top 100 baby names through the 1990s.
Donald’s popularity started to fade before he entered politics, falling to number 263 in the charts in 2004, the same year The Apprentice premiered.
The name then slipped to 489 in 2016, when Trump was first elected to the presidency, and had fallen even further by his second term.
Melania, meanwhile, broke into the top 1,000 most popular girls’ names in 2017, the year Trump was inaugurated for his first term. However the first lady’s name has not troubled the rankings since.
Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama has never cracked the top 1000 most popular baby names, with neither Barack nor Obama being a popular baby name since he took office.
The name Joseph was ranked as the 29th most popular name for boys in 2025. Joseph is a consistently high choice across the U.S., but sank to its lowest ranking since 2000 in 2024, the same year Joe Biden left office.
Trump has been on a mission since retaking office to emblazon his name across monuments in D.C., though he was recently ordered to take his name off the Kennedy Center after a judge ruled the name was put up illegally without the consent of Congress.
A vote in early 2026 determined that Palm Beach’s airport in Florida will be renamed the Donald J. Trump International Airport, and there is a bill in Congress pushing for the president’s face to be put on a commemorative $250 bill, despite current federal law prohibiting the use of a living person’s face on money.
Prior to becoming president, Trump put his last name in gold letters across his buildings and his golf courses.
