Given name
Davonte
“one who is energetic”
Davonte is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is energetic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is energetic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Davonte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,681
- 4,676 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 419 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #3,259 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,259 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 414 in 1992. In 2025, Indiana and Ohio shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,148 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Davonte’s family of names
Davonte has a related form in Devonte. Davonte has a related form in Devontae. Davonte has a related form in Devontay.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Davonte
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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