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Dino

Gender
Boy
Origin
Italian
US rank, 2025
#2,797 for boys

Dino is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).

What does Dino mean?

Italian

A male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Dina.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Dino a girl's or a boy's name?

Dino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dino in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys.

Half of all the boys named Dino in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 14 in 20092024
Dino in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20247#3,003
20235#3,712
20224#4,195
20215#3,614
20208#2,562
20196#3,184
20185#3,596
20174#4,161
20164#4,214
20150–
201411#2,054
20139#2,334
20129#2,382
201111#2,011
201012#1,887
200914#1,674
20086#2,906
20077#2,554
200611#1,742
200510#1,814
200411#1,583
20038#1,880
200210#1,490
20018#1,690
20008#1,637
19999#1,451
19986#1,932
19976#1,853
19967#1,652

How popular is Dino in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,797among boys
Babies in 2025
45about 1 in 38,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Dino, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 386 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Dino in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.

1912Busiest: 386 in 19602025
Dino in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202545#2,797
202448#2,715
202349#2,659
202231#3,615
202144#2,818
202049#2,585
201929#3,713
201841#2,892
201741#2,890
201637#3,110
201543#2,765
201438#2,983
201337#2,996
201238#3,000
201143#2,747
201046#2,631
200952#2,450
200858#2,264
200760#2,213
200651#2,397
200567#1,885
200459#2,020
200371#1,714
200254#2,015
200165#1,739
200067#1,695
199953#1,855
199854#1,830
199756#1,727
199661#1,596
199561#1,544
199457#1,603
199365#1,439
199268#1,366
199159#1,476
199071#1,313
198956#1,471
198876#1,151
198756#1,314
198664#1,187
198567#1,132
198466#1,109
198381#979
198276#1,039
198183#995
198075#1,042
197988#937
197873#1,011
197789#899
197691#875
197597#841
1974130#718
1973117#740
1972167#610
1971213#552
1970237#525
1969226#519
1968264#468
1967284#448
1966266#468
1965216#521
1964210#544
1963262#494
1962308#455
1961372#410
1960386#404
1959382#406
1958317#439
1957225#512
1956193#542
195585#791
195487#761
195347#1,057
195240#1,165
195137#1,194
195028#1,363
194927#1,408
194822#1,558
194730#1,335
194626#1,381
194517#1,632
194423#1,399
194314#1,985
194221#1,537
194116#1,759
194017#1,680
193915#1,795
193825#1,337
193730#1,212
193642#949
193529#1,247
193443#970
193346#926
193285#664
193172#717
193051#944
192941#1,078
192832#1,272
192720#1,748
192636#1,192
192534#1,225
192440#1,133
192332#1,275
192233#1,259
192129#1,390
192024#1,543
191921#1,623
191818#1,826
191723#1,479
191625#1,374
191519#1,599
191419#1,388
191310#1,802
19127#2,044

Names like Dino

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Dino

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dino, updated 20 October 2026.