Boys' name · since 1977
Dontray
309 babies named Dontray in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,409 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 309
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
309 boys have been named Dontray since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontray has been recorded 309 times among boys since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2019.
- #10,409 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 309 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dontray ranks #10,409 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 309 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,409 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 309
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dontray's 309 recorded births place it above 77.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dontray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dontray's full recorded timeline at 1995, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dontray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2019
- Peak year (1993)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Dontray by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (131 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Dontray's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dontray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 131 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Dontray's decade-level peak was the 1990s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2010s -- 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 Dontray: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1977–2019 (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 Dontray 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.