Dontavius
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,070since 1980
Dontavius over time
Rank among boys' names. Dontavius has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,608 | 33 |
| 1998 | #2,312 | 38 |
| 1997 | #1,672 | 59 |
| 1996 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #1,620 | 55 |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 53 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dontavius! It came in at #4,940, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Dontavius is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#375 · 1 in 2,509
- Mississippi#414 · 1 in 2,494
- Tennessee#466 · 1 in 4,334
- Florida#1,058 · 1 in 14,313
Best ever in a state: #325 in Georgia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #375 | 20 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Mississippi | #414 | 6 | 1 in 2,494 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 8 | 1 in 4,334 |
| Florida | #1,058 | 6 | 1 in 14,313 |
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See more about Dontavius
- 2,044 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #8,243)
- 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,243)
- 203 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #8,243)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1993 at #1,620 (55 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,952 boys born in 1997 were named Dontavius (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,620 in 1993, was only 1 in 35,661 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.5% of all boys named Dontavius (444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 162 | #2,154 (1989) | #3,331 |
| 1990s | 444 | #1,620 (1993) | #1,973 |
| 2000s | 269 | #2,379 (2000) | #3,729 |
| 2010s | 132 | #3,994 (2010) | #6,652 |
| 2020s | 63 | #5,776 (2021) | #7,800 |
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.
Dontavius in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
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1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 31,952 of them was named Dontavius, which outranked 84.5% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,657Terron60
- #1,657Treston60
- #1,657Trinity60
- #1,672Dontavius59
- #1,672Alexi59
- #1,672Amar59
- #1,672Dayshawn59
- #1,693Archie58
- #1,693Brogan58
- #1,693Damani58
Tied with 20 names at #1,672; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.