Dante
Dante is ranked 322nd among boys in 2024 (1,067 births). Its best rank was 200th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #322down 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0670.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 19981,670 births
- Best rank
- #200in 1997
- Since 1908
- 50,470people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,470 boys have been named Dante in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 1,670 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 315 → 322).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dante | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | |
| 1910s | 496 | |
| 1920s | 833 | |
| 1930s | 334 | |
| 1940s | 334 | |
| 1950s | 535 | |
| 1960s | 1,240 | |
| 1970s | 2,871 | |
| 1980s | 4,377 | |
| 1990s | 10,008 | |
| 2000s | 12,474 | |
| 2010s | 11,551 | |
| 2020s | 5,401 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Dante was the 201st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Dante
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Nicolaspeak 2003
- Andrespeak 2007
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Syedpeak 2000
- Moisespeak 2001
- Mahmoudpeak 2018
- Dmitripeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.