boy's name

Deonta

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,678

Deonta is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1992, when 158 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 207,211 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Deonta over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,140
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Deonta by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 85
1980s 512
1990s 1,140
2000s 535
2010s 311
2020s (to 2025) 95

How popular is Deonta?

In 2025, Deonta was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Deonta

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Deonta also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Deonta over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Deonta

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Deonta — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Deonta

How popular is the name Deonta?

In 2025, Deonta was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Deonta a girl's or a boy's name?

Deonta is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Deonta most popular?

Deonta peaked in 1992, when 158 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Deonta a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Deonta currently ranks #5,646 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.