Unisex name · since 1989
Dontia
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Dontia, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 36 have been recorded since 1989.
Dontia has 36 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2004.
- #38,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontia ranks #38,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #38,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontia's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dontia's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dontia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2004
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Dontia popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 1980 (Dontia as boys' name)
Dontia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (23 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Dontia's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Dontia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Dontia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dontia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1989–2004 (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 Dontia 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.