Deontay

Peak · boys
1996 · 57 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,171
since 1979

Deontay over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deontay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,671, 1996boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,44613
2024#8,9878
2023#5,92715
2022#8,9908
2021#4,62821
2020#5,04118
2019#5,81315
2018#4,61021
2017#6,68512
2016#6,72612
2015#4,71120
2014#4,86619
2013#5,17117
2012#7,05011
2011#3,88526
2010#5,04718
2009#3,63929
2008#4,04425
2007#3,13536
2006#2,97937
2005#3,61526
2004#3,36828
2003#2,62038
2002#2,88232
2001#2,48939
2000#2,25643
1999#2,23141
1998#1,93150
1997#1,70657
1996#1,67157
1995#1,91444
1994#1,71652
1993#2,25734
1992#1,84444
1991#2,19033
1990#1,96838
1989#2,29229
1988#3,35015
1987#3,33914
1986—
1985#3,40113
1984#3,45912
1983#2,67617
1982#4,2349
1981#4,5098
1980#4,1349
1979#4,4038
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970—
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959—
1958—
1957—
1956—
1955—
1954—
1953—
1952—
1951—
1950—
1949—
1948—
1947—
1946—
1945—
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934—
1933—
1932—
1931—
1930—
1929—
1928—
1927—
1926—
1925—
1924—
1923—
1922—
1921—
1920—
1919—
1918—
1917—
1916—
1915—
1914—
1913—
1912—
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1979

The first year at least five boys were named Deontay! It came in at #4,403, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Deontay is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Deontay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Deontay
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,541 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,446)
  • 1,405 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1996 at #1,671 (57 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 33,073
  • Highest: 1 in 33,073 boys born in 1997 were named Deontay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,671 in 1996, was only 1 in 33,233 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 38.4% of all boys named Deontay (450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s8#4,403 (1979)#4,403
1980s126#2,292 (1989)#3,488
1990s450#1,671 (1996)#1,943
2000s333#2,256 (2000)#3,103
2010s171#3,885 (2011)#5,456
2020s83#4,628 (2021)#6,670

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.

Want to check a specific year?

See where Deontay ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: