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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#241 · 1 in 1,145
- Maryland#356 · 1 in 3,042
- Virginia#517 · 1 in 5,134
- Michigan#582 · 1 in 7,079
- North Carolina#611 · 1 in 6,409
Best ever in a state: #154 in Maryland, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Maryland | #356 | 10 | 1 in 3,042 |
| Virginia | #517 | 8 | 1 in 5,134 |
| Michigan | #582 | 9 | 1 in 7,079 |
| North Carolina | #611 | 7 | 1 in 6,409 |
| New Jersey | #663 | 6 | 1 in 8,498 |
| Pennsylvania | #744 | 6 | 1 in 12,626 |
| Georgia | #755 | 6 | 1 in 8,018 |
| Illinois | #876 | 7 | 1 in 12,224 |
| New York | #1,167 | 7 | 1 in 18,410 |
| California | #1,264 | 11 | 1 in 25,041 |
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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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 301,512 of them was named Donta, which outranked 25.4% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,588Zelene7
- #10,588Zowie7
- #10,588Zuly7
- #11,780Donta6
- #11,780Abbigael6
- #11,780Abbye6
- #11,780Abbygale6
- #13,442Aaminah5
- #13,442Aarica5
- #13,442Abagale5
Tied with 1,661 names at #11,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 16,908 of them was named Donta, which outranked 89.9% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,015Jarrell117
- #1,015Kodi117
- #1,015Marcellus117
- #1,023Donta116
- #1,023Daulton116
- #1,023Deron116
- #1,023Khalid116
- #1,029Dontrell115
- #1,029Everardo115
- #1,029Harris115
Tied with 5 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.