Deontay — #9199 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Deontay

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,158 babies named Deontay between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deontay currently holds the #9199 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deontay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Deontay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Deontay in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deontay 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 1,158 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.