Dontavis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontavis

The Social Security Administration has registered 359 babies named Dontavis between 1981 and 2015, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontavis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontavis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dontavis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dontavis in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontavis 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 359 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.