Donta
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,899since 1964
Donta over time
Rank among boys' names. Donta has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,426 | 22 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,059 | 38 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,617 | 29 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,955 | 38 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,437 | 51 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,051 | 67 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,885 | 62 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,068 | 52 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,710 | 67 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,573 | 75 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,604 | 67 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,280 | 94 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,350 | 82 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,265 | 87 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,338 | 77 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,332 | 77 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,023 | 116 |
| 1992 | — | #967 | 124 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #889 | 141 |
| 1990 | — | #904 | 130 | |
| 1989 | — | #886 | 129 | |
| 1988 | — | #847 | 126 | |
| 1987 | — | #990 | 92 | |
| 1986 | — | #860 | 111 | |
| 1985 | — | #891 | 103 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #827 | 112 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #833 | 110 |
| 1982 | — | #876 | 103 | |
| 1981 | — | #906 | 97 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #878 | 103 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #871 | 100 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #770 | 120 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #814 | 110 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #946 | 77 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #957 | 71 |
| 1972 | — | #1,149 | 50 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donta! It came in at #3,601, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1966, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Donta is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#257 · 1 in 2,418
- Virginia#407 · 1 in 4,938
- North Carolina#440 · 1 in 5,405
- Illinois#597 · 1 in 8,463
- Ohio#676 · 1 in 16,128
Best ever in a state: #154 in Maryland, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #257 | 10 | 1 in 2,418 |
| Virginia | #407 | 7 | 1 in 4,938 |
| North Carolina | #440 | 7 | 1 in 5,405 |
| Illinois | #597 | 10 | 1 in 8,463 |
| Ohio | #676 | 5 | 1 in 16,128 |
| Texas | #762 | 12 | 1 in 11,478 |
| California | #860 | 13 | 1 in 15,452 |
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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 Donta
- 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
- 3,253 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #7,679)
- 3,134 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1973 (#1,149 → #957)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1987 (#860 → #990)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1978 at #770 (120 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1973–1992
- Highest: 1 in 13,682 boys born in 1978 were named Donta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.9% of all boys named Donta (1,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57 | #1,861 (1969) | #3,088 |
| 1970s | 752 | #770 (1978) | #1,114 |
| 1980s | 1,086 | #827 (1984) | #879 |
| 1990s | 995 | #889 (1991) | #1,195 |
| 2000s | 572 | #1,573 (2000) | #2,153 |
| 2010s | 337 | #2,437 (2011) | #3,419 |
| 2020s | 100 | #4,118 (2021) | #5,863 |
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.
Donta in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 18,466 of them was named Donta, which outranked 87.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).