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Dionte

#4,898 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Deonte

Dionte has been given to 3,169 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #4,898 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 172 recorded.

Babies named Dionte, 2025

1 in 166,000

Dionte over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dionte: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Deonte

coinages

What Dionte means

Dionte is a variant of Deonte.

Origin, language, and formation

Dionte is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Dionte is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Deonte.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,143 boys were recorded with the name Dionte between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 172 in 1993; its best national rank was #804 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,667 in 2020 to #4,898 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,909 in 2015 to #4,898 in 2025.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Dionte between 1983 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1988; its best national rank was #10,708 in 1983.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dionte?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,898
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dionte 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 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dionte. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Diontes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dionte was born before 1996 — so the typical Dionte is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
43.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,143
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 43.0% of all recorded uses (1,352).

Is Dionte 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
+2,470
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,231
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−989
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.74×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.6%
Peak was 1993 (172)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#804
1993

Spellings of Dionte

Dionte is not the most common spelling — Dante is, with 29.3% against Dionte's 1.8%.

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 Dionte is used

Across 1910–2025, Dionte was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 69,811 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 20,000
  2. 2District of Columbia1 in 25,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 25,000
  4. 4Ohio1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Maryland1 in 50,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 50,000

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. Dionte has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dionte around the world

Where Dionte 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
    2006–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025

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

Notable people named Dionte

People whose public names include Dionte, 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.

Dionte by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,898
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,231
Best rank ever
#804
1993
Peak year
1993
172 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,143
Count in 2025
20

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,708
1983
Peak year
1988
6 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dionte

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

DeanteDiondreDiorDionicioDaunteDionneKeonteDianteLamonteAsanteDeonteJavonteDemonteDiontaeDavonteDioneDionisioValenteAvanteDamonteDiogoAmonteDavanteVincente

Names with a curve like Dionte

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

DustynBrandynCodeyMckenzieRashaadTavonMarquelDejonLaquanNicklausNajeeNikolaus

Sibling names for Dionte

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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