boys:
359 births since 1981
#4227 (8th percentile)
overall:
359 births since 1981
#7380 (5th percentile)
The name Dontavis is the #7,380 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 359 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,227 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 359 births since 1981.
Dontavis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for boys in 1981). Birth data for Dontavis is available in 32 out of the 35 years between 1981 and 2015. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Dontavis reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #742) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dontavis".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Dontavis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.1% confident that Dontavis is pronounced as dahn-TAY-vihs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duhn-TAY-vihs, at 12.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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