How Many People Are Named Dante?
people named Dante are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,019 people in the US has this name
Based on 52,053 babies named Dante in Social Security records from 1908 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,694 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval short form of DURANTE. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri, the 13th-century Italian poet who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dante, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dante alive today is about 23 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dante first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1998, to 1,694 babies. In 2025, 1,104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dante has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #200, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #308.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #308 |
| Best rank | #200 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #266 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dante alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dante were born in California than in any other state: about 6,431 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dante was given 2.7 times as often in Rhode Island, 2.1 times in District of Columbia and 1.9 times in New Jersey.
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