Is Jontae a boy or girl name?

Jontae is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,055 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 17.0% were girls and 83.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1989, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jontae

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Jontae was most popular in 2000, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,141 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,055 people named Jontae.

Jontae over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jontae’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jontae a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jontae is mostly a boy’s name — 17.0% of the 1,055 Americans given it were girls and 83.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1989 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. 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.

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