Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Deontae

#2,148 most common boys' name of all time · #5,139 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#2,148
Rank overall
#5,139 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
3,697
Since 2016
493
Peak year
2000 #887
Best rank
#862 1999
Girls Boys peak 178/yr
198020002020

Deontae first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 36 36 #3,279
2024 — 50 50 #2,652
2023 — 42 42 #2,976
2022 — 47 47 #2,769
2021 — 46 46 #2,758
2020 — 41 41 #2,907
2019 — 57 57 #2,383
2018 — 62 62 #2,222
2017 — 49 49 #2,582
2016 — 63 63 #2,175
2015 — 71 71 #2,030
2014 — 54 54 #2,390
2013 — 60 60 #2,195
2012 — 66 66 #2,080
2011 — 72 72 #1,939
2010 — 95 95 #1,648
2009 — 66 66 #2,098
2008 — 92 92 #1,674
2007 — 108 108 #1,486
2006 — 109 109 #1,435
2005 — 101 101 #1,458
2004 — 103 103 #1,391
2003 — 121 121 #1,214
2002 — 113 113 #1,222
2001 — 134 134 #1,077
2000 — 178 178 #887
1999 — 176 176 #862
1998 — 142 142 #975
1997 — 162 162 #868
1996 — 123 123 #1,018
1995 — 114 114 #1,052
1994 — 111 111 #1,062
1993 — 128 128 #952
1992 — 113 113 #1,032
1991 — 120 120 #979
1990 — 114 114 #990
1989 — 75 75 #1,256
1988 — 59 59 #1,354
1987 — 41 41 #1,681
1986 — 30 30 #2,002
1985 — 31 31 #1,914
1984 — 16 16 #2,946
1983 — 27 27 #2,015
1982 — 19 19 #2,592
1981 — 19 19 #2,567
1980 — 13 13 #3,414
1979 — 14 14 #3,160
1978 — 8 8 #4,520
1976 — 6 6 #5,511