Boys' name · since 1974
Dontee
Dontee has 94 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dontee is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 94 have been recorded since 1974.
Dontee has 94 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1996.
- #17,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 94 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontee ranks #17,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 94
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dontee's 94 recorded births place it above 60.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dontee's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dontee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Dontee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (43 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Dontee's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Dontee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Dontee's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 1990s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dontee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.