Davonte
Masculine
Davonte is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 4,676 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Davonte belongs to the family of American names built on a Da- opening and a stressed -onte ending, both of which had a strong run in the last decades of the twentieth century.
How old is the name Davonte?
Davonte first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Davonte alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 4,600 people named Davonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davonte most popular?
Davonte peaked in 1992, reaching #491 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, 2,749 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 Davonte
Ours, offered as ours. English names almost never end on a stressed open vowel — the language pulls the weight to the front and leaves the tail light. The -onte ending breaks that rule deliberately, and Davonte lands on its last syllable the way Spanish, Italian and French names do and English ones do not. That is the most interesting thing about this family of names: they gave American English a rhythm it did not previously have, in the space of about one generation.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Da- opening shared with Davon, Dashawn and Damarion, and a -vonte ending shared with Javonte, Devonte and Trevonte in the same period.
Pronouncing Davonte
duh-VON-tay
Three syllables with the stress on the second and a full final vowel. Some families say duh-VONT.
Nicknames for Davonte
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
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 1992414 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #491reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- −16.3%36 in 2025, from 43
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.
Davonte in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Ohio.
Davontes among us
people named Davonte are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Davonte
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 Rodrick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davonte's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rodrick climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rodrick's path sketches the road Davonte is walking now.
Davonte 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
Where Davonte is headed
Davonte should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Davonte beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davonte in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by English speakers, which not every modern name manages.
- Vonte and Dav are both usable short forms.
- The final stressed vowel gives it a shape few English names have.
- Davonte, Davontae and Davonté all appear and the accent is usually dropped.
- The final vowel is sounded by some families and silent for others.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction from familiar parts.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davontes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,600 people named Davonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davonte in 2025?
- Davonte ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davonte?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Davonte — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davonte with classmates?
- Davonte will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Davonte
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