Deontae
Deontae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. Its best rank was 859th, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2000178 births
- Best rank
- #859in 1999
- Since 1976
- 3,660people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,660 boys have been named Deontae in the United States since 1976, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 178 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2000, its biggest year
Deontae was the 885th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Deontae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mykalpeak 2001
- Kashawnpeak 1993
- Marquezpeak 1998
- Deontaypeak 1996
- Tannerpeak 1998
- Marquanpeak 1997
- Lavontepeak 1995
- Diondrepeak 1996
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.