girls:
179 births since 1980
#5537 (3rd percentile)
boys:
860 births since 1976
#3727 (19th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1976
#6700 (13th percentile)
The name Jontae is the #6,700 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,039 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,727 (18.7% percentile) for all time with 860 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,537 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 179 births since 1980.
Jontae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Jontae is available in 47 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 19 years for girls). 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 Jontae has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jontae were boys.
For boys, Jontae reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #847) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jontae ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 26.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jontae reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #790) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jontae".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jontae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.0% confident that Jontae is pronounced as jahn-TAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAHN-tay, at 41.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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