Damonte
Masculine
Damonte joins the Da- prefix to the -onte ending, and the ending does something American naming otherwise avoids: it puts the stress on the last syllable, which almost no English name of three syllables does.
How old is the name Damonte?
Damonte first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Damonte alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,700 people named Damonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Damonte most popular?
Damonte peaked in 1997, reaching #1212 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 4,396 places below that high. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Damonte
English stress rules are strict enough that most names of two or three syllables carry their weight at or near the front — Michael, Jennifer, Christopher, Barbara. The -onte and -ante endings break that, and they do it deliberately: Damonte, Davante, Devonte, Duante and Trevonte all put the beat at the back, which makes them sound unlike the names around them without changing a single sound. Where the pattern came from is not documented; French final stress is the usual suggestion, and Antoine, Jermaine and Marquis were all in wide American use in the same period. Damonte's 1997 peak sits at the height of the family's run, and the whole set had thinned out within fifteen years.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. The Da- prefix and the -onte or -ante ending are both American naming elements with no documented meaning. The resemblance to Italian del monte, of the mountain, is a coincidence of sound; no source connects the name to Italian. Damon, a Greek name meaning to tame, is separately available and is not documented as the source either.
Pronouncing Damonte
duh-MON-tay
Three syllables, stress at the back, with the final -te said as a long a. Some families say duh-MON-tee, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Damonte
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 199797 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1212reached in 1997
- Change vs 2024
- −15.8%16 in 2025, from 19
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Damontes among us
people named Damonte are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Damonte
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Timm test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Damonte's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Timm climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Timm's path sketches the road Damonte is walking now.
Damonte sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Damonte beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Damonte in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Monte works as a short form and is a complete name of its own.
- The back stress makes it stand out among American names.
- The vowels are open and there is no difficult consonant.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
- Damonte, Damontae, Damante and Demonte are four spellings of nearly one sound.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Damontes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Damonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Damonte in 2025?
- Damonte ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Damonte?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Damonte — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Damonte with classmates?
- Damonte will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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