Donte
- Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426
- #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 589 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,695since 1961
Donte over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Donte has never cracked the top 400 here.
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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,976 | 77 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,957 | 80 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,047 | 73 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,951 | 79 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,583 | 109 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,460 | 118 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,515 | 112 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,478 | 117 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,335 | 134 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,356 | 131 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,198 | 154 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,147 | 165 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,107 | 166 | |
| 2012 | — | #905 | 229 | |
| 2011 | — | #953 | 208 | |
| 2010 | — | #914 | 221 | |
| 2009 | — | #771 | 296 | |
| 2008 | — | #783 | 281 | |
| 2007 | — | #728 | 315 | |
| 2006 | — | #720 | 300 | |
| 2005 | — | #656 | 328 | |
| 2004 | — | #647 | 318 | |
| 2003 | — | #596 | 362 | |
| 2002 | — | #601 | 338 | |
| 2001 | — | #568 | 366 | |
| 2000 | — | #523 | 426 | |
| 1999 | — | #518 | 411 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #470 | 472 |
| 1997 | — | #400 | 589 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #435 | 517 |
| 1995 | — | #477 | 453 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #476 | 452 |
| 1993 | — | #439 | 500 | |
| 1992 | — | #420 | 531 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #424 | 533 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #424 | 536 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #414 | 503 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #416 | 468 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #425 | 425 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #463 | 352 |
| 1985 | — | #444 | 370 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #475 | 311 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #461 | 329 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #494 | 296 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #491 | 290 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #526 | 267 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #517 | 265 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #533 | 240 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #550 | 231 |
| 1976 | — | #660 | 154 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #692 | 143 |
| 1974 | — | #749 | 117 | |
| 1973 | — | #770 | 107 | |
| 1972 | — | #846 | 90 | |
| 1971 | — | #965 | 71 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five boys were named Donte! It came in at #3,356, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Donte is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
Best ever in a state: #79 in District of Columbia, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 516 spots since 2020 (#1,460 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1971
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1997 at #400 (589 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1971–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,201
- Highest: 1 in 3,201 boys born in 1997 were named Donte (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.8% of all boys named Donte (4,994) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124 | #1,302 (1969) | #2,713 |
| 1970s | 1,463 | #517 (1979) | #752 |
| 1980s | 3,611 | #414 (1989) | #461 |
| 1990s | 4,994 | #400 (1997) | #448 |
| 2000s | 3,330 | #523 (2000) | #659 |
| 2010s | 1,637 | #905 (2012) | #1,191 |
| 2020s | 536 | #1,460 (2020) | #1,829 |
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.
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