Name profile

Dante

Medieval short form of Durante.

PronunciationItalian /ˈdan.te/; English /ˈdɑn.teɪ/; English /ˈdæn.ti/
Usage languagesDutch, French, Italian
US rank (2025)#308

Meaning and history

Medieval short form of Durante, best known from Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,184 births, rank #290
2007: 1,270 births, rank #269
2008: 1,146 births, rank #292
2009: 1,139 births, rank #290
2010: 1,342 births, rank #255
20112011: 1,305 births, rank #266
2012: 1,251 births, rank #279
2013: 1,208 births, rank #287
2014: 1,110 births, rank #314
2015: 1,077 births, rank #322
20162016: 1,011 births, rank #344
2017: 1,081 births, rank #317
2018: 1,074 births, rank #315
2019: 1,099 births, rank #308
2020: 1,110 births, rank #301
20212021: 1,081 births, rank #310
2022: 1,084 births, rank #310
2023: 1,062 births, rank #313
2024: 1,069 births, rank #322
20252025: 1,104 births, rank #308

Dante rose from #322 to #308 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 1,670 births.