Dontae — #2963 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontae

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,892 babies named Dontae between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontae currently holds the #2963 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 219 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,703 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dontae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 416 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dontae in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontae 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 5,892 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.