# Dontae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dontae/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,951 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,934 / 17 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 246, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | 10,849 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,728 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,199 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,286 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,502 |
| 2013 | 85 | 1,726 |
| 2014 | 86 | 1,754 |
| 2015 | 97 | 1,643 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,070 |
| 2017 | 85 | 1,792 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,089 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,138 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,169 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,446 |
| 2022 | 48 | 2,728 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,965 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,969 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 1,724 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Dontae

- Dontae Richards-Kwok, Canadian sprinter

## 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.