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.

Donta

#2,052 most common boys' name of all time · #4,909 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among boys
#2,052
Rank overall
#4,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
3,990
Since 2016
221
Peak year
1991 #890
Best rank
#771 1978
Girls Boys peak 147/yr
198020002020

Donta first appears in 1964. 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 — 10 10 #7,797
2024 — 14 14 #6,268
2023 — 10 10 #7,866
2022 — 19 19 #5,072
2021 — 25 25 #4,165
2020 — 22 22 #4,461
2019 — 25 25 #4,151
2018 — 26 26 #4,025
2017 — 32 32 #3,472
2016 — 38 38 #3,076
2015 — 21 21 #4,596
2014 — 29 29 #3,643
2013 — 38 38 #2,978
2012 — 33 33 #3,321
2011 — 51 51 #2,459
2010 — 44 44 #2,760
2009 — 44 44 #2,773
2008 — 41 41 #2,899
2007 — 67 67 #2,057
2006 — 56 56 #2,267
2005 — 57 57 #2,147
2004 — 51 51 #2,260
2003 — 62 62 #1,891
2002 — 52 52 #2,077
2001 — 67 67 #1,721
2000 — 75 75 #1,579
1999 — 67 67 #1,615
1998 — 94 94 #1,284
1997 — 82 82 #1,363
1996 — 87 87 #1,274
1995 — 77 77 #1,346
1994 — 77 77 #1,338
1993 6 116 122 #1,027
1992 — 124 124 #973
1991 6 141 147 #890
1990 — 130 130 #906
1989 — 129 129 #889
1988 — 126 126 #849
1987 — 92 92 #995
1986 — 111 111 #866
1985 — 103 103 #894
1984 6 112 118 #829
1983 7 110 117 #834
1982 — 103 103 #882
1981 — 97 97 #913
1980 7 103 110 #887
1979 9 100 109 #874
1978 9 120 129 #771
1977 7 110 117 #815
1976 5 77 82 #956
1975 9 97 106 #849
1974 8 85 93 #881
1973 6 71 77 #961
1972 — 50 50 #1,162
1971 — 23 23 #1,913
1970 6 19 25 #2,121
1969 — 20 20 #1,911
1968 — 11 11 #2,729
1967 — 10 10 #2,755
1966 — 5 5 #4,469
1965 — 5 5 #4,373
1964 — 6 6 #4,020