Davontae
Masculine
Davontae stacks three American naming elements on top of each other: the Da- prefix, the -von ending that spread in the 1980s, and the -tae ending that came after it. Each of them was productive on its own, and this name uses all three at once.
How old is the name Davontae?
Davontae first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Davontae alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,500 people named Davontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davontae most popular?
Davontae peaked in 1992, reaching #1162 nationally. Today it ranks #5399, 4,237 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Davontae
Stacked names are the mature phase of any productive naming system. In the early period, one element attaches to one base: De- plus Shawn. Then endings become available on their own: -von, -tae, -ell, -ius. And then the two combine, and you get names built entirely from parts, with no base name left underneath at all. Davontae is one of those. It has a prefix, a middle and an ending, and none of the three is a word. What holds it together is rhythm: three syllables, stress in the middle, an open vowel at each end. That is why it reads as a name rather than as a string of syllables, and why it was legible to every American who saw it in 1992. Stacked names are also the shortest-lived, and the whole class thinned out within fifteen years.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. The Da- prefix, the -von element and the -tae or -tay ending are all American naming components with no documented meaning; none of them descends from an older word. The resemblance to Davon and to David is a matter of sound rather than derivation, and no source connects Davontae to the Hebrew name.
Pronouncing Davontae
duh-VON-tay
Three syllables, stress in the middle. The final -tae is a long a. Some families say DAY-von-tay, giving the first syllable a full vowel.
Nicknames for Davontae
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
- 1988
- Most boys named
- 199290 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1162reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- +6.3%17 in 2025, from 16
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.
Davontae in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio.
Davontaes among us
people named Davontae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 100,475 born in 2025 was named Davontae
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 Lemar test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davontae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lemar climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lemar's path sketches the road Davontae is walking now.
Davontae 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
Davontae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davontae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Von and Tae are both usable short forms.
- The rhythm is familiar and the name reads correctly on sight.
- The vowels are open and there is no difficult consonant.
- There is no meaning behind any of its three parts.
- Davonte, Davontae, Devonte and Davontay are four spellings of one sound.
- It is tightly dated to the years around 1990.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davontaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Davontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davontae in 2025?
- Davontae ranks #5399 among US boy names in 2025, with 17 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davontae?
- About 1 in every 100,475 US boys born in 2025 was named Davontae — 17 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davontae with classmates?
- Davontae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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