Dante

What Dante means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dante yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #322 in 2015 to #308 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dante?

US: Steady: #322 in 2015, #308 now. England & Wales: Steady: #465 in 2015, #462 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 1,670 boys got the name (#201 that year). First in the US records in 1908.

How common

• About 1 in 1,547 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,237 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (1.92 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dante is #308 in the US and #462 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dante were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Donte77 US · 6 E&W
• Daunte5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dante

Boys

• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Pablo#429Same root as Paul, meaning “small”^*
• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025

For a sister

• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Esmeralda#373“emerald”^*
• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dante’s. Rank is US 2025.