Boys' name · since 1975
Dontai
183 babies named Dontai in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,496 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,376 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dontai is the #12376 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 183 recorded since 1975.
Dontai has 183 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12376 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, 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 1975 to 2025.
- #13,496 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,376 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 183 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontai ranks #13,496 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,376 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 183 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,496 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,376 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontai's 183 recorded births place it above 70.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dontai compares
183 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dontai's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dontai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 183 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dontai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dontai splits its recorded history at 1998: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dontai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dontai by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (59 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Dontai's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Dontai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 59 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Dontai's decade-level peak was the 1990s (59 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dontai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Dontai 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.