Donta
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DON-tay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Donta is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Donta come from?
Modern: American variant of Donte or Dante
More on Wiktionary.
Is Donta a girl's or a boy's name?
Donta is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Donta, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 141 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Donta in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 boys in the US were given Donta or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,219, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Donta in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 67 | #1,601 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,347 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,333 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,328 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,019 |
| 1992 | 124 | #964 |
| 1991 | 141 | #885 |
| 1990 | 130 | #900 |
| 1989 | 129 | #883 |
| 1988 | 126 | #846 |
| 1987 | 92 | #989 |
| 1986 | 111 | #860 |
| 1985 | 103 | #891 |
| 1984 | 112 | #827 |
| 1983 | 110 | #833 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 97 | #906 |
| 1980 | 103 | #878 |
| 1979 | 100 | #871 |
| 1978 | 120 | #770 |
| 1977 | 110 | #814 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 97 | #841 |
| 1974 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 71 | #957 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,149 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
Names like Donta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Devin Dylan Brody Brennan Cody Declan Brayden Kody Ryan Kayden Brandon
Other spellings of Donta
Names related to Donta
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Donta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donta, updated 20 October 2026.