Daunte
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAHN-tay
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Daunte is a boys' name of Italian origin, meaning “enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Daunte mean?
Italian: spelling of Dante, a short form of Durante
“enduring”
A spelling of Dante, after Dante Alighieri, the medieval Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.
Is Daunte a girl's or a boy's name?
Daunte is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daunte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Daunte, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 159 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Daunte than any year since 1976.
Half of all the boys named Daunte in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daunte in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 87 | #1,638 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,444 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,494 |
| 2002 | 82 | #1,511 |
| 2001 | 159 | #967 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Daunte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kobe Dylan Cade Donte Dante Chase Luke Cole Logan Brayden Declan Keegan
Names related to Daunte
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daunte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daunte, updated 20 October 2026.