DeOnte

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/diɑnti/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

DeOnte is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 59K(measured from records)
  • MRMauritania≈1 in 51K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 281K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,636 people, 2020

Sources
255 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)

Mauritania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

DeOnte counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where DeOnte is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5,6361 in 59K5.6KDeOnte255
PK Pakistan—≈830 est.≈1 in 281K—DeOnte1
MR Mauritania#167≈78 est.≈1 in 51K—DeOnte1
CA Canada—≈49 est.≈1 in 763K5DeOnte10
GB United Kingdom—≈42 est.≈1 in 1.6M—DeOnte25
GY Guyana—21 in 375K2—1

5,636 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling deonte. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the ca-statcan-baby-names register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

DeOnte is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Deonté

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1980199020002010Deonte Tatum, b. 1982Deonte Thompson, b. 1989Deonte Burton, b. 1991Deonte Houston, b. 1993Deonte Burton, b. 1994Deonte Harty, b. 1997Deonte Brown, b. 1998Deonte Banks, b. 2001
  • Deonte Tatumb. 1982UScollege basketball player (2005–2006) Hawaii
  • Deonte Thompsonb. 1989USAmerican football player, wide receiver, kick returner
  • Deonte Burtonb. 1991USAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
  • Deonte Houstonb. 1993UScollege basketball player (2014–2014) Southern Mississippi
  • Deonte Burtonb. 1994USAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
  • Deonte Hartyb. 1997USAmerican football player (born 1997)
  • Deonte Brownb. 1998USAmerican football player (born 1998)
  • Deonte Banksb. 2001USAmerican football player (born 2001)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Deonte,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting DeOnte
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205.6K#3,625
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1995444—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1994443—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1996430—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1993415—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1997389—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1998371—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1992371—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1991349—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1999330—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2000320—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1989269—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name DeOnte mean, and where does it come from?
A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce DeOnte?
A machine transcription gives /diɑnti/ (IPA) for English.
Is DeOnte a male or female name?
DeOnte is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does DeOnte have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.6 thousand people named DeOnte, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled DeOnte.
How common is the name DeOnte?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,636 people named DeOnte in 2020, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
How common is DeOnte compared with other names?
In Mauritania, DeOnte is the 167th most common given name of 605 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “DeOnte” — the 167th most common given name in Mauritania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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