Donta

Where Donta comes from

The dictionaries list Donta as a given name — a male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #3,601 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #770
    120 babies named Donta — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    Donta Smith born
    American basketball player
  4. 1997
    Donta Hall born
    American basketball player
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,068.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Donta Smith · American basketball player, born 1983
  • Donta Hall · American basketball player, born 1997
  • Donta Scott · American basketball player, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.