Dontra — boys' name
46 babies named Dontra in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Dontra was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Dontra in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dontra
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Dontra between 1984 and 1997, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dontra currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dontra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dontra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dontra 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 46 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.
Dontra at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dontra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1984
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
46 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 11 births in a single year.
Dontra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 76% of Dontra's all-time total
Dontra decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dontra's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% 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, 1984–1997 (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.