Deonta
Boy · dee-ON-tay · Modern
Deonta is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Deonta come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, Deon with an ending as in Dante
- Say it
- dee-ON-tay
Is Deonta a girl's or a boy's name?
Deonta is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deonta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Deonta, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 158 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Deonta in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were given Deonta or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,187, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Deonta in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,110 |
| 2004 | 43 | #2,527 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,371 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,344 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,281 |
| 1996 | 125 | #997 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,037 |
| 1994 | 118 | #1,018 |
| 1993 | 134 | #927 |
| 1992 | 158 | #837 |
| 1991 | 122 | #958 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,061 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,021 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,365 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,370 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Deonta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Deonta
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