Dontae
Dontae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 718th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1996219 births
- Best rank
- #718in 1996
- Since 1969
- 5,892people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,892 boys have been named Dontae in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 219 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 29%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Dontae was the 718th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Dontae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rayshawnpeak 2006
- Zachariapeak 2002
- Johnmichaelpeak 1995
- Montrellpeak 2006
- Rashaunpeak 1998
- Rashaadpeak 1995
- Dontezpeak 1993
- Tavonpeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.