Boys' name · since 1987
Rontavious
174 babies named Rontavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
174 boys have been named Rontavious since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rontavious has 174 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1987 to 2020.
- #13,836 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 174 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rontavious ranks #13,836 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rontavious's 174 recorded births place it above 69.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Rontavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rontavious's SSA record in two at 2000 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 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rontavious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2020
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Rontavious by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Rontavious's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Rontavious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (47% of all-time use).
Rontavious by state
Where Rontavious concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
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What to do with Rontavious's data
- Rontavious's decade-level peak was the 1990s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Rontaviouss (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rontavious: 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 (~33 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, 1987–2020 (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 Rontavious 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.