Is Deonta a boy or girl name?

Deonta is a boy’s name. Of the 2,678 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.

Deonta

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Deonta was most popular in 1992, when 158 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,925 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,678 people named Deonta.

Deonta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Deonta’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Deonta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Deonta is a boy’s name — 1.3% of the 2,678 Americans given it were girls and 98.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Deonta

Where Deonta is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org