Dontay
#2,790 most common boys' name of all time · #6,723 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#2,790
Rank overall
#6,723 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
2,431
Since 2016
199
Peak year
1990 #1,257
Best rank
#1,152 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Dontay first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,905 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,907 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,523 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,961 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,535 |
| 2020 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,062 |
| 2019 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,404 |
| 2018 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,934 |
| 2017 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,924 |
| 2016 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,927 |
| 2015 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 2014 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,120 |
| 2013 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,289 |
| 2012 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,760 |
| 2011 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2010 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2009 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,821 |
| 2008 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,699 |
| 2007 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,126 |
| 2006 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,234 |
| 2005 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,380 |
| 2004 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,147 |
| 2003 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,978 |
| 2002 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,700 |
| 2001 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,789 |
| 2000 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1999 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,577 |
| 1998 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,633 |
| 1997 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,652 |
| 1996 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,491 |
| 1995 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,542 |
| 1994 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,428 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1991 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1990 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,257 |
| 1989 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,315 |
| 1988 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,159 |
| 1986 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,721 |
| 1985 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,164 |
| 1983 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,152 |
| 1982 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,537 |
| 1981 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,308 |
| 1980 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,355 |
| 1979 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,434 |
| 1978 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,649 |
| 1977 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,775 |
| 1976 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,746 |
| 1975 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,629 |
| 1974 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,193 |
| 1973 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,123 |
| 1972 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,657 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,347 |