Dante

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Dante is an Italian given name and surname. Etymologically, it is short for an old given name, Durante, and was first made popular by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, whose real name was Durante. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Dante first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 8 babies (rank #201 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dante

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dante yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

31
Total babies (all years)
4
Years in the data
8
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

Famous people named Dante

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
20148#201
20158#194
20167#228
20178#203