Dontay Boy
How popular is Dontay?
#6,799 boy name in 2025
12 baby boys were named Dontay in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
Dontay popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,799 for boys (▲ 961 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #4,017 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (78 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,144 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dontay counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Donta family of names ranked #3,074 for boys in 2025 (#3,289 the year before), with 27 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Donta | 10 | 37% |
| Dontay | 12 | 44% |
| Dontai | 5 | 19% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dontay is most popular
Babies named Dontay per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Dontay by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 230 | #1,421 |
| 1980s | 560 | #1,144 |
| 1990s | 663 | #1,247 |
| 2000s | 553 | #1,691 |
| 2010s | 324 | #2,323 |
| 2020s | 101 | #4,017 |
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Questions
- Is Dontay a boy or girl name?
- Dontay is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dontay were boys.
- How popular is the name Dontay?
- 12 baby boys were named Dontay in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
- When was Dontay most popular?
- Dontay peaked in 1990, when 78 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,144 in 1983.
- How many people are named Dontay?
- 2,431 babies have been named Dontay in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,351 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Dontay most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dontay was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.