Dontavius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- don-TAY-vee-us
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Dontavius is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Dontavius mean?
Modern: blend of Don and the ending of Octavius
An American blend of Don with the ending of Octavius.
Is Dontavius a girl's or a boy's name?
Dontavius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dontavius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Dontavius, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Dontavius in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dontavius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 55 | #1,615 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
Nicknames for Dontavius
Names like Dontavius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego Darius Lucas Isaias Demetrius Santiago Alexander Alessandro Dylan Zachariah Josiah Darian
Names related to Dontavius
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, “Dontavius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dontavius, updated 20 October 2026.