Masculine dossier · first seen 1979

Deontay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Deontay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1996

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1979Peak 19962024

Peak year

1996

Decline from peak

86%

2024

All-time

1,158

Deontay has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1996, when 57 boys were named Deontay.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 86% from its peak.

All told, about 1,158 Americans have been named Deontay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1979.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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