Donta

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#770
1978 · 120 births
Debut · boys
1964
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,899
since 1964

Donta over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Donta has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #770, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#6,19914
2023—#7,73810
2022—#5,01919
2021—#4,11825
2020—#4,42622
2019—#4,11425
2018—#3,99326
2017—#3,44032
2016—#3,05938
2015—#4,54521
2014—#3,61729
2013—#2,95538
2012—#3,29733
2011—#2,43751
2010—#2,73044
2009—#2,75344
2008—#2,87941
2007—#2,05167
2006—#2,24856
2005—#2,12957
2004—#2,23851
2003—#1,88562
2002—#2,06852
2001—#1,71067
2000—#1,57375
1999—#1,60467
1998—#1,28094
1997—#1,35082
1996—#1,26587
1995—#1,33877
1994—#1,33277
1993#11,7806#1,023116
1992—#967124
1991#11,5096#889141
1990—#904130
1989—#886129
1988—#847126
1987—#99092
1986—#860111
1985—#891103
1984#9,1446#827112
1983#8,0477#833110
1982—#876103
1981—#90697
1980#8,1787#878103
1979#6,6969#871100
1978#6,3859#770120
1977#7,5677#814110
1976#9,2845#94677
1975#5,9849#84197
1974#6,2588#86785
1973#7,4356#95771
1972—#1,14950
1971—#1,86223
1970#7,0706#2,05819
1969—#1,86120
1968—#2,57611
1967—#2,61110
1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,9305
1964—#3,6016
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five boys were named Donta! It came in at #3,601, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1964–1966, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Donta
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
  • 3,253 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #7,679)
  • 3,134 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1973 (#1,149 → #957)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1987 (#860 → #990)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1978 at #770 (120 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1973–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,682
  • Highest: 1 in 13,682 boys born in 1978 were named Donta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 27.9% of all boys named Donta (1,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s57#1,861 (1969)#3,088
1970s752#770 (1978)#1,114
1980s1,086#827 (1984)#879
1990s995#889 (1991)#1,195
2000s572#1,573 (2000)#2,153
2010s337#2,437 (2011)#3,419
2020s100#4,118 (2021)#5,863

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Donta in 1973

girls
#7,435
6 births · 1 in 243,035 girls
boys
#957
71 births · 1 in 21,952 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #7,435Donta6

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #957Donta71
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Donta, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donta
  1. #6,666Yumi7
  2. #6,666Zanthia7
  3. #6,666Zenda7
  4. #7,435Donta6
  5. #7,435Abagail6
  6. #7,435Adabel6
  7. #7,435Adalia6
  8. #8,423Aarti5
  9. #8,423Abbigail5
  10. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 21,952 of them was named Donta, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Donta
  1. #948Moshe72
  2. #948Roscoe72
  3. #948Tristan72
  4. #957Donta71
  5. #957Fredric71
  6. #957Isidro71
  7. #957Shanon71
  8. #962Abram70
  9. #962Brion70
  10. #962Cruz70

Tied with 4 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →