# Deonte (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deonte/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Deontae, Deontay, Dionte |
| US babies named this | 8,239 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,198 / 41 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 8,373 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,610 |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,962 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,530 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,726 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,845 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,190 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 103 | 1,535 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,581 |
| 2013 | 81 | 1,784 |
| 2014 | 91 | 1,682 |
| 2015 | 82 | 1,818 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,942 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,979 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,963 |
| 2019 | 91 | 1,727 |
| 2020 | 84 | 1,789 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,098 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,275 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,622 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,482 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,400 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |

## People named Deonte

- Deonte Burton, American basketball player (born 1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.