Dante

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 109 babies (rank #353 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

1,590
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
109
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
199611#1,175
199725#662
199844#464
199966#353
200039#508
200142#487
200269#360
200364#406
200463#436
200575#403
2006108#324
2007101#362
2008109#353
2009108#360
2010101#394
201199#402
2012100#407
201394#433
201494#431
201587#466
201682#494