Dontay
Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Dontay was most popular in 1990, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,992 that year. In 2025 it ranked #14,309, with 12 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,431 people named Dontay.
Dontay over time
How old is the name Dontay?
Dontay first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 55 years since.
How many people are named Dontay?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,431 American births named Dontay between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,345 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Dontay in 2025?
12 American babies were named Dontay in 2025, ranking #14,309 that year.
Is Dontay getting more or less popular?
Dontay is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 15 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -56% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Dontay a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Dontay is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,431 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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.
How old is someone named Dontay?
Roughly 2,345 Americans named Dontay are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 20 and 39.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Dontay 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