Masculine dossier · first seen 1980

Dontavius

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1980Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

76.3%

2024

All-time

1,061

Dontavius 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 1997, when 59 boys were named Dontavius.

In 2024, only 14 boys were given the name.

Down 76.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,061 Americans have been named Dontavius and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1980.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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