Boys' name · since 1985
Delontae
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.
- #13,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
177 boys have been named Delontae since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Delontae has 177 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2023.
- #13,703 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 177 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delontae ranks #13,703 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Delontae's 177 recorded births place it above 69.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by District of Columbia.
Delontae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delontae splits its recorded history at 2004: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delontae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Delontae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Delontae's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Delontae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (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.
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What to do with Delontae's data
- Delontae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- District of Columbia records the most Delontaes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. District of Columbia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delontae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Delontae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.