Deontay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dee-ON-tay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Deontay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Deontay come from?
Modern: modern coinage, the De- prefix with an -ontay ending
More on Wiktionary.
Is Deontay a girl's or a boy's name?
Deontay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deontay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Deontay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deontay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
How popular is Deontay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Deontay, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Deontay in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were given Deontay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,187, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Deontay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 57 | #1,668 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,711 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
Names like Deontay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Kayden, Cody, Finn, Logan, Ronan, Rowan, Riley, Kody, Jayden, Dylan, Ronnie-Ray
Other spellings of Deontay
Names related to Deontay
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Deontay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deontay, updated 20 October 2026.