Donta — #6236 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,889 babies named Donta between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donta currently holds the #6236 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 141 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,086 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 305 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Donta in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donta 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 3,889 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.