Dante
Boy · DAN-tay · Latin
Dante is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 463rd for boys in the UK (96 babies) and 308th for boys in the US (1,104 babies).
What does Dante mean?
Latin: Italian short form of Durante, from Latin durans
“enduring”
Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy, was baptised Durante.
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Is Dante a girl's or a boy's name?
Dante is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 boys in the UK and 1,104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dante in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #463among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were named Dante, making it the 463rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 503rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 114 boys.
2025 had more boys named Dante than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Dante in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 462nd in England and Wales, 367th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Dante in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #463 |
| 2024 | 66 | #634 |
| 2023 | 85 | #515 |
| 2022 | 89 | #497 |
| 2021 | 72 | #593 |
| 2020 | 85 | #503 |
| 2019 | 94 | #476 |
| 2018 | 71 | #581 |
| 2017 | 87 | #514 |
| 2016 | 83 | #536 |
| 2015 | 90 | #494 |
| 2014 | 96 | #471 |
| 2013 | 98 | #457 |
| 2012 | 103 | #430 |
| 2011 | 101 | #432 |
| 2010 | 103 | #422 |
| 2009 | 113 | #392 |
| 2008 | 114 | #368 |
| 2007 | 103 | #394 |
| 2006 | 109 | #358 |
| 2005 | 76 | #425 |
| 2004 | 63 | #475 |
| 2003 | 68 | #425 |
| 2002 | 69 | #388 |
| 2001 | 42 | #531 |
| 2000 | 41 | #541 |
| 1999 | 66 | #384 |
| 1998 | 44 | #503 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Dante in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #308among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,104about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,104 boys in the US were named Dante, making it the 308th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 301st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,670 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had more boys named Dante than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dante in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dante in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,104 | #308 |
| 2024 | 1,069 | #322 |
| 2023 | 1,062 | #313 |
| 2022 | 1,084 | #310 |
| 2021 | 1,081 | #310 |
| 2020 | 1,110 | #301 |
| 2019 | 1,099 | #308 |
| 2018 | 1,074 | #315 |
| 2017 | 1,081 | #317 |
| 2016 | 1,011 | #344 |
| 2015 | 1,077 | #322 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | #314 |
| 2013 | 1,208 | #287 |
| 2012 | 1,251 | #279 |
| 2011 | 1,305 | #266 |
| 2010 | 1,342 | #255 |
| 2009 | 1,139 | #290 |
| 2008 | 1,146 | #292 |
| 2007 | 1,270 | #269 |
| 2006 | 1,184 | #290 |
| 2005 | 1,241 | #266 |
| 2004 | 1,209 | #271 |
| 2003 | 1,310 | #252 |
| 2002 | 1,268 | #257 |
| 2001 | 1,355 | #248 |
| 2000 | 1,352 | #248 |
| 1999 | 1,415 | #232 |
| 1998 | 1,670 | #201 |
| 1997 | 1,590 | #200 |
| 1996 | 978 | #283 |
| 1995 | 819 | #321 |
| 1994 | 786 | #323 |
| 1993 | 772 | #328 |
| 1992 | 659 | #360 |
| 1991 | 680 | #356 |
| 1990 | 639 | #365 |
| 1989 | 551 | #395 |
| 1988 | 508 | #389 |
| 1987 | 473 | #400 |
| 1986 | 444 | #406 |
| 1985 | 398 | #429 |
| 1984 | 398 | #415 |
| 1983 | 362 | #431 |
| 1982 | 433 | #390 |
| 1981 | 424 | #395 |
| 1980 | 387 | #418 |
| 1979 | 393 | #401 |
| 1978 | 367 | #402 |
| 1977 | 373 | #404 |
| 1976 | 296 | #454 |
| 1975 | 311 | #451 |
| 1974 | 255 | #498 |
| 1973 | 203 | #556 |
| 1972 | 255 | #492 |
| 1971 | 196 | #587 |
| 1970 | 222 | #545 |
| 1969 | 174 | #590 |
| 1968 | 146 | #626 |
| 1967 | 156 | #599 |
| 1966 | 137 | #631 |
| 1965 | 113 | #697 |
| 1964 | 122 | #699 |
| 1963 | 91 | #795 |
| 1962 | 103 | #749 |
| 1961 | 123 | #688 |
| 1960 | 76 | #869 |
| 1959 | 63 | #968 |
| 1958 | 70 | #901 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,014 |
| 1956 | 61 | #953 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,044 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,065 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,532 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,356 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 51 | #901 |
| 1930 | 53 | #915 |
| 1929 | 66 | #794 |
| 1928 | 81 | #702 |
| 1927 | 86 | #701 |
| 1926 | 51 | #955 |
| 1925 | 88 | #682 |
| 1924 | 76 | #771 |
| 1923 | 88 | #687 |
| 1922 | 106 | #624 |
| 1921 | 125 | #562 |
| 1920 | 66 | #826 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 61 | #841 |
| 1917 | 75 | #699 |
| 1916 | 72 | #698 |
| 1915 | 85 | #629 |
| 1914 | 55 | #687 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
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