Dionte — #7326 US boys' name
3,123 babies named Dionte in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Dionte was born in this single decade.
172 babies were named Dionte in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dionte
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,123 babies named Dionte between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dionte currently holds the #7326 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 172 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dionte performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,352 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dionte shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Dionte in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dionte 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 3,123 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.
Dionte at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dionte popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (1993)
- 172
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #7326 among boys.
3,123 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 172 births in a single year.
Dionte popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 1983 (Dionte as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dionte accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dionte by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,352 births that decade — 43% of Dionte's all-time total
Dionte decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,352 births
- Runner-up 680 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dionte's strongest decade
1,352 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Dionte by state
Where Dionte concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 437 | 14.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 243 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 233 | 7.5% |
| #4 | California | | 135 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 99 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 81 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 66 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 54 | 1.7% |
437 of 3,123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 14.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 7.5% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 14.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dionte appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–2024 (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.