girls:
36 births since 1989
#5680 (1st percentile)
boys:
13 births since 1980
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
49 births since 1980
#7690 (1st percentile)
The name Dontia is the #7,690 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 49 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,680 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 36 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 1980.
Dontia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Dontia is available in 8 out of the 25 years between 1980 and 2004 (6 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Dontia has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2004, 100.0% of babies named Dontia were girls. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1980 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1989 to 2004).
For girls, Dontia reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
For boys, Dontia reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #678) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dontia".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Dontia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.4% confident that Dontia is pronounced as DAHN-tee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAHN-shuh, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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