How popular is the name Dante?

Dante ranks 480th among boys' names in US records, with 51,333 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,930.

Is Dante a unisex name?

No. Dante is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1998, when 1,677 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#480 of boy names

Pronounced D AA1 N T EY0 (ARPABET)

Dante is a boys' name, and first appears in 1908. It has been given to 51,333 children — the 480th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1998, when 1,677 children were given it.

1998Boys: 1,677Girls: 24

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Dante?: Dante ranks 480th among boys' names in US records, with 51,333 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,930.
Is Dante a unisex name?: No. Dante is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Dante most popular?: 1998, when 1,677 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.