Deonta
Deonta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 839th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1992158 births
- Best rank
- #839in 1992
- Since 1974
- 2,626people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,626 boys have been named Deonta in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 158 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 43%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Deonta was the 839th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Deonta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Diontepeak 1993
- Brandynpeak 1992
- Zacharypeak 1993
- Schylerpeak 1992
- Marquispeak 1990
- Deantepeak 1997
- Dariouspeak 1993
- Jordonpeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.