Dante
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #308 for boys in 2025, 1,104 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 1,590 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,587since 1908
Dante over time
Rank among boys' names. Dante has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #308 | 1,104 | |
| 2024 | — | #322 | 1,069 | |
| 2023 | — | #313 | 1,062 | |
| 2022 | — | #310 | 1,084 | |
| 2021 | — | #310 | 1,081 | |
| 2020 | — | #301 | 1,110 | |
| 2019 | — | #308 | 1,099 | |
| 2018 | — | #315 | 1,074 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #317 | 1,081 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #344 | 1,011 |
| 2015 | — | #322 | 1,077 | |
| 2014 | — | #314 | 1,110 | |
| 2013 | — | #287 | 1,208 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #279 | 1,251 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #266 | 1,305 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #255 | 1,342 |
| 2009 | — | #290 | 1,139 | |
| 2008 | — | #292 | 1,146 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #269 | 1,270 |
| 2006 | — | #290 | 1,184 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #266 | 1,241 |
| 2004 | — | #271 | 1,209 | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #252 | 1,310 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #257 | 1,268 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #248 | 1,355 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #248 | 1,352 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #232 | 1,415 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | #201 | 1,670 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #200 | 1,590 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #283 | 978 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #321 | 819 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #323 | 786 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #328 | 772 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #360 | 659 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #356 | 680 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #365 | 639 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #395 | 551 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #389 | 508 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #400 | 473 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #406 | 444 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #429 | 398 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #415 | 398 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #431 | 362 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #390 | 433 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #395 | 424 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #418 | 387 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #401 | 393 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #402 | 367 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #404 | 373 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #454 | 296 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #451 | 311 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #498 | 255 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #556 | 203 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #492 | 255 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #587 | 196 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #545 | 222 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #590 | 174 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #626 | 146 |
| 1967 | — | #599 | 156 | |
| 1966 | — | #631 | 137 | |
| 1965 | — | #697 | 113 | |
| 1964 | — | #699 | 122 | |
| 1963 | — | #795 | 91 | |
| 1962 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1961 | — | #689 | 123 | |
| 1960 | — | #870 | 76 | |
| 1959 | — | #969 | 63 | |
| 1958 | — | #902 | 70 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,015 | 56 | |
| 1956 | — | #954 | 61 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,045 | 51 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,139 | 40 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,128 | 39 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,160 | 38 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,176 | 35 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,139 | 33 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,077 | 39 | |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #915 | 53 | |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | — | #702 | 81 | |
| 1927 | — | #701 | 86 | |
| 1926 | — | #955 | 51 | |
| 1925 | — | #682 | 88 | |
| 1924 | — | #771 | 76 | |
| 1923 | — | #687 | 88 | |
| 1922 | — | #624 | 106 | |
| 1921 | — | #562 | 125 | |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #877 | 57 | |
| 1918 | — | #841 | 61 | |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1915 | — | #629 | 85 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dante! It came in at #1,113, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Dante is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#307 · 1 in 3,962
- New Jersey#343 · 1 in 4,785
- Pennsylvania#356 · 1 in 6,472
- Ohio#376 · 1 in 6,019
- Michigan#402 · 1 in 6,350
Best ever in a state: #65 in Rhode Island, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #307 | 7 | 1 in 3,962 |
| New Jersey | #343 | 11 | 1 in 4,785 |
| Pennsylvania | #356 | 14 | 1 in 6,472 |
| Ohio | #376 | 15 | 1 in 6,019 |
| Michigan | #402 | 12 | 1 in 6,350 |
| California | #475 | 28 | 1 in 5,972 |
| Illinois | #544 | 9 | 1 in 10,142 |
| New York | #585 | 13 | 1 in 11,366 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dante
- 14 spots since 2024 (#322 → #308)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#301 → #308)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#322 → #308)
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1912 (#1,117 → #735)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1926 (#682 → #955)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1997 at #200 (1,590 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1958–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,145 boys born in 1998 were named Dante (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,547 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #200 in 1997, was only 1 in 1,186 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.2% of all boys named Dante (12,474) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,067 |
| 1910s | 496 | #629 (1915) | #796 |
| 1920s | 833 | #562 (1921) | #730 |
| 1930s | 334 | #901 (1931) | #1,206 |
| 1940s | 334 | #1,006 (1943) | #1,204 |
| 1950s | 534 | #902 (1958) | #1,024 |
| 1960s | 1,241 | #590 (1969) | #695 |
| 1970s | 2,871 | #401 (1979) | #479 |
| 1980s | 4,378 | #389 (1988) | #407 |
| 1990s | 10,008 | #200 (1997) | #297 |
| 2000s | 12,474 | #248 (2001) | #268 |
| 2010s | 11,558 | #255 (2010) | #301 |
| 2020s | 6,510 | #301 (2020) | #311 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dante in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 273,398 of them was named Dante, which outranked 23.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,642Zachary7
- #5,642Zanita7
- #5,642Zenja7
- #6,246Dante6
- #6,246Abigayle6
- #6,246Acquanetta6
- #6,246Adana6
- #7,016Abelina5
- #7,016Adah5
- #7,016Adaline5
Tied with 769 names at #6,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 11,904 of them was named Dante, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).