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.

Dontez

#4,736 most common boys' name of all time · #11,673 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#4,736
Rank overall
#11,673 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,026
Since 2016
102
Peak year
1993 #1,866
Best rank
#1,818 1991
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
198020002020

Dontez first appears in 1973. 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 — 8 8 #9,111
2024 — 5 5 #12,723
2023 — 5 5 #12,649
2022 — 5 5 #12,731
2021 — 10 10 #7,757
2020 — 7 7 #9,822
2019 — 14 14 #6,207
2018 — 14 14 #6,144
2017 — 15 15 #5,895
2016 — 19 19 #5,012
2015 — 17 17 #5,372
2014 — 22 22 #4,444
2013 — 19 19 #4,880
2012 — 23 23 #4,312
2011 — 24 24 #4,151
2010 — 22 22 #4,427
2009 — 24 24 #4,215
2008 — 24 24 #4,206
2007 — 23 23 #4,306
2006 — 19 19 #4,749
2005 — 37 37 #2,877
2004 — 24 24 #3,796
2003 — 24 24 #3,686
2002 — 21 21 #3,981
2001 — 17 17 #4,576
2000 — 22 22 #3,704
1999 — 33 33 #2,642
1998 — 32 32 #2,633
1997 — 31 31 #2,588
1996 — 34 34 #2,367
1995 — 26 26 #2,814
1994 — 35 35 #2,289
1993 — 45 45 #1,866
1992 — 20 20 #3,292
1991 — 44 44 #1,818
1990 — 31 31 #2,294
1989 — 25 25 #2,600
1988 — 32 32 #2,028
1987 — 19 19 #2,821
1986 — 18 18 #2,869
1985 — 21 21 #2,499
1984 — 16 16 #2,932
1983 — 14 14 #3,209
1982 — 13 13 #3,447
1981 — 13 13 #3,377
1980 — 18 18 #2,722
1979 — 9 9 #4,336
1978 — 6 6 #5,568
1977 — 6 6 #5,625
1976 — 8 8 #4,376
1974 — 8 8 #4,169
1973 — 5 5 #5,762