Deontae

#3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births

Peak · boys
1999 · 176 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,697
since 1976

Deontae over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deontae has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #859, 1999boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,24036
2024#2,63750
2023#2,95242
2022#2,75347
2021#2,73246
2020#2,88641
2019#2,36457
2018#2,21062
2017#2,56649
2016#2,16763
2015#2,01971
2014#2,37054
2013#2,18260
2012#2,06666
2011#1,92772
2010#1,63995
2009#2,07766
2008#1,66592
2007#1,477108
2006#1,427109
2005#1,453101
2004#1,384103
2003#1,210121
2002#1,215113
2001#1,073134
2000#885178
1999#859176
1998#970142
1997#866162
1996#1,011123
1995#1,043114
1994#1,059111
1993#951128
1992#1,029113
1991#972120
1990#988114
1989#1,24375
1988#1,34159
1987#1,65541
1986#1,96230
1985#1,86631
1984#2,82416
1983#1,95527
1982#2,51819
1981#2,49619
1980#3,25613
1979#3,01814
1978#4,1578
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Deontae! It came in at #4,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Deontae is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMNIllinois: #690 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,922 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedWIMichigan: #329 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 3,087 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedINOhio: #501 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,255 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,443 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 32,253 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedWVVirginia: #536 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,194 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedALGeorgia: #416 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,583 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Deontae, so not publishedTXFlorida: #703 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,171 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#329 · 1 in 3,087
  2. Georgia#416 · 1 in 3,583
  3. Ohio#501 · 1 in 7,255
  4. Virginia#536 · 1 in 6,194
  5. Illinois#690 · 1 in 8,922

Best ever in a state: #305 in South Carolina, 1999.

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Michigan#329231 in 3,087
Georgia#416141 in 3,583
Ohio#501111 in 7,255
Virginia#53671 in 6,194
Illinois#690101 in 8,922
Florida#703101 in 9,171
California#1,44391 in 32,253
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Deontae
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 603 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #3,240)
  • 354 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #3,240)
  • 1,221 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #3,240)
  • Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1990 (#1,243 → #988)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 2001 (#885 → #1,073)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1999 at #859 (176 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1997–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,910
  • Highest: 1 in 10,910 boys born in 1999 were named Deontae (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.2% of all boys named Deontae (1,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s28#3,018 (1979)#4,037
1980s330#1,243 (1989)#2,112
1990s1,303#859 (1999)#975
2000s1,125#885 (2000)#1,387
2010s649#1,639 (2010)#2,151
2020s262#2,637 (2024)#2,867

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Deontae in 1990

boys
#988
114 births · 1 in 18,018 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #988Deontae114
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 18,018 of them was named Deontae, which outranked 89.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deontae
  1. #980Jeremey115
  2. #980Jeromy115
  3. #980Tavon115
  4. #988Deontae114
  5. #988Keenen114
  6. #988Keven114
  7. #988Torey114
  8. #992Genaro113
  9. #992Misael113
  10. #992Waylon113

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →