Dontea — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontea

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Dontea between 1977 and 2008, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontea currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dontea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontea 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 98 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.