Delonta — boys' name

What the Data Says About Delonta

The Social Security Administration has registered 350 babies named Delonta between 1975 and 2012, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delonta currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delonta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Delonta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Delonta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delonta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 350 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.