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Dontae

#3,005 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Dontae has been given to 5,951 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #3,005 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 219 recorded.

Babies named Dontae, 2025

1 in 80,900

Dontae over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dontae: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dontae means

Dontae is a given name.

The naming story behind Dontae

Wikidata records Dontae as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98651503, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,934 boys were recorded with the name Dontae between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 219 in 1996; its best national rank was #717 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,169 in 2020 to #3,005 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,643 in 2015 to #3,005 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Dontae between 1981 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1988; its best national rank was #10,723 in 1988.

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 Dontae?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 80,900
41 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 41,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,005
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
56,047 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dontae 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 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dontae. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dontaes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dontae was born before 1998 — so the typical Dontae is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
28.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
44.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,934
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 28.7% of all recorded uses (1,703).

Is Dontae 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
−37
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−836
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,362
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.7%
Peak was 1996 (219)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#717
1996

Spellings of Dontae

Dontae is not the most common spelling — Donnie is, with 29.8% against Dontae's 2.9%.

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 Dontae is used

Across 2016–2025, Dontae was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 52,608 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3Maryland1 in 33,333
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 50,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 50,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 50,000
  8. 8New York1 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.

Dontae around the world

Where Dontae 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
    1997–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2006–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Dontae

People whose public names include Dontae, 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.

Dontae by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,005
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 836
Best rank ever
#717
1996
Peak year
1996
219 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,934
Count in 2025
41

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,723
1988
Peak year
1988
6 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
1992
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dontae

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

DonellDonatoDonavonDontayDonavanDontaDondreDonnyDonnellDonavinDonteDontezDontrellDonnieDonavenDonivanDonalDeontaeDontreDonzellDonielDonovinDonnDonyae

Names with a curve like Dontae

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

RashawnRayshawnDemarcoMontrellTavonDeshaunJoseluisRashaadRashaunKalenDarriusJovan

Sibling names for Dontae

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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