Deonta
Deonta was the 5670th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 839th with 158 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,760 places. More babies were named Deonta in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,670 boys, up 108 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1992158 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,678babies recorded
Deonta popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 36 since 1979.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,670 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,778 | 15 |
| 2010 | #2,884 | 41 |
| 2000 | #1,519 | 79 |
| 1990 | #1,068 | 99 |
| 1980 | #2,015 | 27 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Deonta, counting every spelling?
Deonta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Deonta?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deonta (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Deonta born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deonta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Deonta?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Deonta are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 22 and 35. That makes Deonta mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Deonta: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deonta, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Deonta
How popular is the name Deonta?
Deonta was the 5670th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 839th with 158 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,760 places. More babies were named Deonta in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Deonta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Deonta in the US.