Boys' name · since 1997
Dontavion
Dontavion has 101 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 101
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dontavion is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 101 have been recorded since 1997.
Dontavion has 101 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2014.
- #17,342 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 101 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontavion ranks #17,342 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 101
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dontavion's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontavion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dontavion splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dontavion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2014
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Dontavion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 79% of the file).
2000s was Dontavion's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Dontavion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Dontavion's decade-level peak was the 2000s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 14 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 Dontavion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1997–2014 (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 Dontavion 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.