Donte — #1972 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Donte

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,616 babies named Donte between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Donte currently holds the #1972 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 589 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Donte performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,994 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Donte shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,420 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Donte in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Donte 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 15,616 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.