Dontia — unisex name

What the Data Says About Dontia

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Dontia between 1989 and 2004, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dontia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Dontia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1980.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dontia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dontia 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 36 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.