Dontay
Boy · DON-tay · Latin
Dontay is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Dontay mean?
Latin: phonetic spelling of Dante, short for Durante
“enduring”
A spelling of Dante, the name of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
- Say it
- DON-tay
Is Dontay a girl's or a boy's name?
Dontay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dontay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dontay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dontay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Dontay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Dontay, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Dontay in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 boys in the US were given Dontay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,219, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Dontay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,773 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 70 | #1,571 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 61 | #1,645 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,303 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,213 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,144 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 51 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 43 | #1,421 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Nicknames for Dontay
- Don 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dontay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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