Dontee — boys' name
94 babies named Dontee in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Dontee was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dontee in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dontee
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Dontee between 1974 and 1996, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontee currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontee performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dontee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dontee 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 94 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.
Dontee at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dontee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1974
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
94 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 12 births in a single year.
Dontee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 43 births that decade — 46% of Dontee's all-time total
Dontee decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dontee's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.