Dontavious
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- don-TAY-vee-us
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Dontavious is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Dontavious come from?
Modern: blend of Don- and Octavius
Is Dontavious a girl's or a boy's name?
Dontavious 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 Dontavious in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Dontavious, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Dontavious in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dontavious in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,088 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 68 | #1,417 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,233 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,206 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
Nicknames for Dontavious
Names like Dontavious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego Lucas Isaias Santiago Alessandro Dylan Ezequiel Kyler Alexander Josiah Zachariah Darian
Names related to Dontavious
More Modern names
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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, “Dontavious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dontavious, updated 20 October 2026.