Dontay — #7863 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontay

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,418 babies named Dontay between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontay currently holds the #7863 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 663 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dontay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 140 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Dontay in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontay 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 2,418 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.