Davonta
Masculine
English treats a final a as a female ending with great consistency, and then there is this family: Davonta, Deonta, Jaquanta, all unmistakably male. It is the one large exception, and it works because the stress falls at the end.
How old is the name Davonta?
Davonta first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Davonta alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 1,300 people named Davonta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davonta most popular?
Davonta peaked in 1992, reaching #914 nationally. Today it ranks #9714, 8,800 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Davonta
In English the rule is nearly automatic: Robert and Roberta, Paul and Paula, Julian and Julia. A final unstressed a marks a female name, and it has done so since Latin supplied the pattern. The -onta and -onte names break it, and the reason is rhythm rather than spelling. In Davonta the stress lands on the second syllable and the final a is a full, clear vowel, not the faint one that ends Laura or Emma. A stressed or full final syllable of this shape reads as male in American English regardless of which letter closes it, which is why this whole set is unambiguous to any native ear and confusing on paper to anyone applying the Latin rule. The family is large: Davonta, Davonte, Davontae and Devonta are one name with four endings, and the endings differ in spelling far more than in sound.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Davonta belongs to the American prefix-and-stem family, built from Da- and a -vonta element shared with Davonte, Davontae and Devonta. No inherited etymology exists for any of them, and the ending is not the Latin or Romance feminine a it resembles. The peak is 1992.
Pronouncing Davonta
duh-VON-tay
Three syllables, stress on the second, with the final vowel usually said as ay rather than uh. Davonte and Davontae are the same name spelled to make that ending explicit.
Nicknames for Davonta
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
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 1992134 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #914reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- −12.5%7 in 2025, from 8
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.
Davontas among us
people named Davonta are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 244,011 born in 2025 was named Davonta
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 Donavon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davonta's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Donavon climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Donavon's path sketches the road Davonta is walking now.
Davonta 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
Davonta beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davonta in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The stress pattern makes it carry clearly when called.
- Von and Tay are both natural short forms.
- It is instantly readable as a boy's name despite the final a.
- Four spellings of the ending compete, so it will be asked about.
- Readers who have not met the family will assume a female name from the a.
- The 1992 peak dates it to a narrow window.
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Masculine · #9714 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Davontas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Davonta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davonta in 2025?
- Davonta ranks #9714 among US boy names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davonta?
- About 1 in every 244,011 US boys born in 2025 was named Davonta — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davonta with classmates?
- Davonta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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