Dunte — boys' name
23 babies named Dunte in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Dunte was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Dunte in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dunte
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Dunte between 1985 and 1998, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dunte currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dunte performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dunte shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dunte in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dunte 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 23 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.
Dunte at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dunte popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
23 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 6 births in a single year.
Dunte by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 52% of Dunte's all-time total
Dunte decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dunte's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Dunte by state
Where Dunte concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 26.1% |
6 of 23 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 26.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 26.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1985–1998 (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.