Dontavious — #6573 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontavious

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,902 babies named Dontavious between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontavious currently holds the #6573 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontavious performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 712 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dontavious shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 631 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Dontavious in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontavious 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 1,902 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.