Unisex name · since 1988
Dontavia
Dontavia has 118 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontavia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 118 recorded since 1988.
Dontavia has 118 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2019.
- #25,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontavia ranks #25,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontavia's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontavia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dontavia splits its recorded history at 2000: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dontavia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2019
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Dontavia popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1991 (Dontavia as boys' name)
Dontavia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Dontavia's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Dontavia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Dontavia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- 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 Dontavia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1988–2019 (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 Dontavia 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.