Recorded 1961–2025 · United States
Donte was most popular in 1997, when 589 American babies were given the name — ranking #823 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,226, with 77 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,832 people named Donte.
Donte first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1961, which makes it about 64 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 65 of the 65 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 15,832 American births named Donte 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 15,245 are estimated to be alive today.
77 American babies were named Donte in 2025, ranking #4,226 that year.
Donte is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 84 births a year, against 184 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -55% 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.
Across the whole record Donte is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 15,832 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% 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.
Roughly 15,245 Americans named Donte are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 22 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.
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