In 2024, 1,067 boys in the United States were named Dante, making it the 322nd most popular boy's name that year.
Its position has held steady, at 315th a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 1998, with 1,694 births.
Records for Dante go back to 1908, and 50,936 babies have been given the name since.
An Italian contracted form of Durante. Its literary connections and distinctive sound have an artistic, passionate quality.
Dante is of Italian origin, described as literary in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 1,067 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a sister, most common first.
An Italian contracted form of Durante. Its literary connections and distinctive sound have an artistic, passionate quality.
Dante is of Italian origin, and is usually described as literary in style.
In 2024, 1,067 boys in the United States were named Dante, making it the 322nd most popular boy's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 1,067 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Dani, Dane are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Dante.