Boys' name · since 1987
Dontavian
Dontavian has 70 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
70 boys have been named Dontavian since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontavian has been recorded 70 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2009.
- #19,802 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 70 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontavian ranks #19,802 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dontavian's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontavian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dontavian's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dontavian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2009
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Dontavian by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (41 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Dontavian's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Dontavian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dontavian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1987–2009 (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 Dontavian 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.