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Davonte

#3,258 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Devante

Davonte has been given to 4,681 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #3,258 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 414 recorded.

Babies named Davonte, 2025

1 in 92,100

Davonte over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Davonte: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Devante

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Davonte means

Davonte is a variant of Devante.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Devante.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,676 boys were recorded with the name Davonte between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 414 in 1992; its best national rank was #491 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,243 in 2020 to #3,258 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,961 in 2015 to #3,258 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Davonte between 1992 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1992; its best national rank was #13,802 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Davonte?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,258
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Davonte sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Davonte. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Davontes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Davonte was born before 1999 — so the typical Davonte is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
49.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,676
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Choose a decade

1990s — 49.4% of all recorded uses (2,312).

Is Davonte rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−337
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,015
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,297
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.7%
Peak was 1992 (414)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#491
1992

Spellings of Davonte

Davonte is not the most common spelling — Dante is, with 33.4% against Davonte's 3.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Davonte is used

Across 2016–2025, Davonte was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 69,502 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 25,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 50,000
  3. 3Indiana1 in 50,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 50,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Davonte around the world

Where Davonte ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2005
    #2,754
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named Davonte

People whose public names include Davonte, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Davonte in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Davonte. Linked forms have their own page here.

DavonDavoneDavanteDevonte

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Davonte by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,258
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,015
Best rank ever
#491
1992
Peak year
1992
414 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,676
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,802
1992
Peak year
1992
5 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
1992
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Davonte

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DavanteDavianDavontaDaveonJavonteLamonteDavionDevanteDaveyDavontaeDavieDemonteDaveionDavienDavionteDavenValenteDavidsonDevonteClementeDamonteDavinDavideDionte

Names with a curve like Davonte

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Davonte, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TreLadariusDylonDillionDakotahTaylerDequanDaquanDeondreDillanTyquanNajee

Sibling names for Davonte

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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