Deonte

Where Deonte comes from

The dictionaries list Deonte as a given name — a male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #4,505 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Deonte Burton born
    American basketball player
  3. 1994
    Deonte Burton born
    American basketball player
  4. 1994
    Peak, #482
    443 babies named Deonte — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #790.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Deonte Burton · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Deonte Burton · American basketball player, born 1991
  • Deonte Harty · American football player, born 1997
  • Deonte Banks · American football player, born 2001
  • Deonte Thompson · American football player, wide receiver, kick returner, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.