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.

Dontea

#15,701 most common boys' name of all time · #40,819 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2008

Rank among boys
#15,701
Rank overall
#40,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
98
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1998 #6,065
Best rank
#4,901 1981
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Dontea first appears in 1977. 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
2008 — 6 6 #11,476
2007 — 8 8 #9,209
2002 — 5 5 #11,226
1998 — 10 10 #6,065
1997 — 6 6 #8,603
1994 — 5 5 #9,370
1992 — 8 8 #6,440
1991 — 7 7 #6,937
1989 — 7 7 #6,687
1988 — 6 6 #6,943
1987 — 6 6 #6,621
1983 — 5 5 #7,012
1982 — 5 5 #7,047
1981 — 8 8 #4,901
1977 — 6 6 #5,757