NameTides

Dante

Dante was the #308 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,104 babies), and #462 in England & Wales and #245 in Canada.

Dante as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dante as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Dante as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#308 (1,104)#462 (84)#367 (9)#395 (3)#468 (7)#245 (138)
2024#322 (1,069)#622 (61)#535 (5)——#231 (144)
2023#313 (1,062)#490 (81)#614 (4)—#396 (9)#253 (126)
2022#310 (1,084)#472 (84)#522 (5)—#454 (7)#271 (118)
2021#310 (1,081)#543 (71)——#498 (6)#277 (126)
2020#301 (1,110)#475 (82)#711 (3)——#278 (120)
2019#308 (1,099)#454 (89)#516 (5)—#764 (3)#240 (146)
2018#315 (1,074)#549 (68)#704 (3)—#635 (4)#278 (125)
2017#317 (1,081)#488 (83)#602 (4)—#610 (4)#269 (133)
2016#344 (1,011)#493 (82)——#541 (5)#254 (142)
2015#322 (1,077)#465 (87)#686 (3)—#615 (4)#228 (158)
2014#314 (1,110)#429 (94)——#468 (7)#199 (196)
2013#287 (1,208)#432 (94)—#398 (3)—#216 (166)
2012#279 (1,251)#405 (100)#669 (3)—#718 (3)#212 (165)
2011#266 (1,305)#401 (99)———#194 (180)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #201.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dante is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dante by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #266NYMassachusetts: #246MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #230NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #483INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #261PANew Jersey: #212NJConnecticut: #210CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #217CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #278CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #326MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #234AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #232TXFlorida: #218FL
Dante (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16481
Quebec2025#25320

Dante (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DanteCanadaGirls—too few
DanteCanadaBoys#245138
DanteEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DanteEngland & WalesBoys#46284
DanteIrelandBoys#4687
DanteNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
DanteScotlandBoys#3679
DanteUSGirls—too few
DanteUSBoys#3081,104