Delontae — boys' name
177 babies named Delontae in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
177 boys have been named Delontae since 1985, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 177
- total births
- 1985–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Delontae was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Delontae in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delontae
The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Delontae between 1985 and 2023, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delontae currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delontae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Delontae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delontae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delontae 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 177 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.
Delontae at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delontae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1985
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
177 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 16 births in a single year.
Delontae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 66 births that decade — 37% of Delontae's all-time total
Delontae decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Delontae's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Delontae by state
Where Delontae concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 177 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- District of Columbia 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
District of Columbia accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.