Dandy is a very rare variant of Dante that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Dandy is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Dandy first appears in 1949 and peaked in 1959 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,031 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,229 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,458 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,240 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,624 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,141 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #9,006 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | — | #6,592 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,607 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,443 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,996 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,380 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,742 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,170 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | — | #4,173 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | — | #2,560 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,075 |