Donte is an established boys' name that peaked in 1997 and has since faded.
Donte is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,979 for boy births in the United States (and #4,237 across all names), given to 77 babies. Donte first appears in 1961 and peaked in 1997 (589 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,979 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,961 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | — | #2,052 |
| 2022 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,954 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,519 |
| 2018 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,483 |
| 2017 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,337 |
| 2016 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,359 |
| 2015 | 154 | 154 | — | #1,201 |
| 2014 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,147 |
| 2013 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,108 |
| 2012 | 229 | 229 | — | #905 |
| 2011 | 208 | 208 | — | #954 |
| 2010 | 221 | 221 | — | #914 |
| 2009 | 296 | 296 | — | #773 |
| 2008 | 281 | 281 | — | #783 |
| 2007 | 315 | 315 | — | #729 |
| 2006 | 300 | 300 | — | #720 |
| 2005 | 328 | 328 | — | #656 |
| 2004 | 318 | 318 | — | #648 |
| 2003 | 362 | 362 | — | #596 |
| 2002 | 338 | 338 | — | #601 |
| 2001 | 366 | 366 | — | #568 |
| 2000 | 426 | 426 | — | #523 |
| 1999 | 411 | 411 | — | #518 |
| 1998 | 478 | 478 | #12,902 | #470 |
| 1997 | 589 | — | — | #400 |
| 1996 | 523 | — | #12,279 | #436 |
| 1995 | 453 | — | — | #478 |
| 1994 | 457 | — | #14,066 | #476 |
| 1993 | 500 | — | — | #439 |
| 1992 | 531 | — | — | #420 |
| 1991 | 539 | — | #11,920 | #424 |
| 1990 | 543 | — | #10,527 | #424 |
| 1989 | 511 | — | #8,974 | #414 |
| 1988 | 479 | — | #6,778 | #416 |
| 1987 | 435 | — | #6,935 | #425 |
| 1986 | 363 | — | #6,287 | #463 |
| 1985 | 370 | — | — | #444 |
| 1984 | 318 | — | #8,402 | #475 |
| 1983 | 335 | — | #9,342 | #461 |
| 1982 | 305 | — | #7,036 | #495 |
| 1981 | 299 | — | #6,939 | #491 |
| 1980 | 273 | — | #9,396 | #527 |
| 1979 | 271 | — | #9,299 | #517 |
| 1978 | 250 | — | #6,065 | #533 |
| 1977 | 240 | — | #6,481 | #550 |
| 1976 | 154 | — | — | #662 |
| 1975 | 148 | — | #9,460 | #693 |
| 1974 | 117 | — | — | #751 |
| 1973 | 107 | — | — | #770 |
| 1972 | 90 | — | — | #847 |
| 1971 | 71 | — | — | #967 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | — | #2,271 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | — | #2,068 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,844 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,210 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,121 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | — | #4,211 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,441 |