Donte
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426 · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 589 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,695since 1961
Donte over time
Rank among boys' names. Donte has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,976 | 77 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,957 | 80 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,047 | 73 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,951 | 79 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,583 | 109 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,460 | 118 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,515 | 112 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,478 | 117 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,335 | 134 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,356 | 131 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,198 | 154 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,147 | 165 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,107 | 166 | |
| 2012 | — | #905 | 229 | |
| 2011 | — | #953 | 208 | |
| 2010 | — | #914 | 221 | |
| 2009 | — | #771 | 296 | |
| 2008 | — | #783 | 281 | |
| 2007 | — | #728 | 315 | |
| 2006 | — | #720 | 300 | |
| 2005 | — | #656 | 328 | |
| 2004 | — | #647 | 318 | |
| 2003 | — | #596 | 362 | |
| 2002 | — | #601 | 338 | |
| 2001 | — | #568 | 366 | |
| 2000 | — | #523 | 426 | |
| 1999 | — | #518 | 411 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #470 | 472 |
| 1997 | — | #400 | 589 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #435 | 517 |
| 1995 | — | #477 | 453 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #476 | 452 |
| 1993 | — | #439 | 500 | |
| 1992 | — | #420 | 531 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #424 | 533 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #424 | 536 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #414 | 503 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #416 | 468 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #425 | 425 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #463 | 352 |
| 1985 | — | #444 | 370 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #475 | 311 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #461 | 329 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #494 | 296 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #491 | 290 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #526 | 267 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #517 | 265 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #533 | 240 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #550 | 231 |
| 1976 | — | #660 | 154 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #692 | 143 |
| 1974 | — | #749 | 117 | |
| 1973 | — | #770 | 107 | |
| 1972 | — | #846 | 90 | |
| 1971 | — | #965 | 71 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Donte! It came in at #3,356, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Donte is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#90 · 1 in 437
- Maryland#126 · 1 in 829
- Virginia#161 · 1 in 1,085
- Pennsylvania#179 · 1 in 1,522
- Oklahoma#225 · 1 in 1,595
Best ever in a state: #79 in District of Columbia, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #90 | 19 | 1 in 437 |
| Maryland | #126 | 37 | 1 in 829 |
| Virginia | #161 | 37 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Pennsylvania | #179 | 52 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Oklahoma | #225 | 13 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Ohio | #250 | 30 | 1 in 2,564 |
| South Carolina | #287 | 11 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Indiana | #315 | 11 | 1 in 3,526 |
| North Carolina | #316 | 16 | 1 in 2,720 |
| Illinois | #332 | 29 | 1 in 2,878 |
| New Jersey | #375 | 12 | 1 in 4,287 |
| Michigan | #387 | 14 | 1 in 4,619 |
| Missouri | #390 | 8 | 1 in 4,564 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 10 | 1 in 3,158 |
| California | #423 | 60 | 1 in 4,204 |
| Florida | #456 | 19 | 1 in 4,446 |
| Georgia | #461 | 10 | 1 in 4,670 |
| New York | #541 | 19 | 1 in 6,826 |
| Texas | #617 | 21 | 1 in 6,862 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Donte
- 19 spots since 2024 (#1,957 → #1,976)
- 516 spots since 2020 (#1,460 → #1,976)
- 778 spots since 2015 (#1,198 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1971 (#1,238 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2013 (#905 → #1,107)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1997 at #400 (589 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1971–2012
- Highest: 1 in 3,201 boys born in 1997 were named Donte (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.8% of all boys named Donte (4,994) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124 | #1,302 (1969) | #2,713 |
| 1970s | 1,463 | #517 (1979) | #752 |
| 1980s | 3,611 | #414 (1989) | #461 |
| 1990s | 4,994 | #400 (1997) | #448 |
| 2000s | 3,330 | #523 (2000) | #659 |
| 2010s | 1,637 | #905 (2012) | #1,191 |
| 2020s | 536 | #1,460 (2020) | #1,829 |
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.
Donte in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 161,896 of them was named Donte, which outranked 52.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,277Yaminah12
- #6,277Youa12
- #6,277Yumi12
- #6,666Donte11
- #6,666Abbe11
- #6,666Abriana11
- #6,666Adeola11
- #7,111Aaisha10
- #7,111Abigal10
- #7,111Adah10
Tied with 444 names at #6,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,090 of them was named Donte, which outranked 95.1% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.