Dontez — #12641 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dontez

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,018 babies named Dontez between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontez currently holds the #12641 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 331 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dontez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Dontez in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontez 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 1,018 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.