Dante is an established boys' name that peaked in 1998 and remains in steady use.
Dante is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #308 for boy births in the United States (and #605 across all names), given to 1,104 babies — 1,127 including U.S. territories. Dante first appears in 1908 and peaked in 1998 (1,670 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,104 | 1,127 | — | #308 |
| 2024 | 1,069 | 1,085 | — | #322 |
| 2023 | 1,062 | 1,082 | — | #313 |
| 2022 | 1,084 | 1,101 | — | #310 |
| 2021 | 1,081 | 1,104 | — | #310 |
| 2020 | 1,110 | 1,125 | — | #301 |
| 2019 | 1,099 | 1,119 | — | #308 |
| 2018 | 1,074 | 1,093 | — | #315 |
| 2017 | 1,086 | 1,110 | #16,474 | #317 |
| 2016 | 1,017 | 1,039 | #14,773 | #344 |
| 2015 | 1,077 | 1,092 | — | #322 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | 1,127 | — | #314 |
| 2013 | 1,208 | 1,235 | — | #287 |
| 2012 | 1,256 | 1,288 | #17,518 | #279 |
| 2011 | 1,317 | 1,335 | #9,296 | #266 |
| 2010 | 1,349 | 1,364 | #13,820 | #255 |
| 2009 | 1,139 | 1,145 | — | #290 |
| 2008 | 1,146 | 1,160 | — | #292 |
| 2007 | 1,277 | 1,286 | #14,274 | #269 |
| 2006 | 1,184 | 1,193 | — | #290 |
| 2005 | 1,249 | 1,256 | #12,102 | #266 |
| 2004 | 1,209 | 1,223 | — | #271 |
| 2003 | 1,322 | 1,334 | #8,644 | #252 |
| 2002 | 1,277 | 1,277 | #10,431 | #257 |
| 2001 | 1,366 | 1,371 | #8,909 | #248 |
| 2000 | 1,360 | 1,374 | #10,979 | #248 |
| 1999 | 1,427 | 1,427 | #7,843 | #232 |
| 1998 | 1,694 | 1,701 | #4,519 | #201 |
| 1997 | 1,605 | — | #6,242 | #200 |
| 1996 | 988 | — | #8,302 | #283 |
| 1995 | 834 | — | #6,034 | #321 |
| 1994 | 798 | — | #7,219 | #323 |
| 1993 | 788 | — | #5,732 | #328 |
| 1992 | 667 | — | #9,688 | #360 |
| 1991 | 695 | — | #6,017 | #356 |
| 1990 | 649 | — | #8,019 | #365 |
| 1989 | 556 | — | #12,844 | #395 |
| 1988 | 517 | — | #7,845 | #389 |
| 1987 | 489 | — | #4,901 | #400 |
| 1986 | 459 | — | #5,019 | #406 |
| 1985 | 409 | — | #6,120 | #429 |
| 1984 | 409 | — | #5,984 | #415 |
| 1983 | 373 | — | #5,903 | #431 |
| 1982 | 444 | — | #6,013 | #390 |
| 1981 | 438 | — | #5,028 | #395 |
| 1980 | 398 | — | #5,997 | #418 |
| 1979 | 406 | — | #5,158 | #401 |
| 1978 | 376 | — | #6,512 | #402 |
| 1977 | 393 | — | #3,644 | #404 |
| 1976 | 303 | — | #7,461 | #454 |
| 1975 | 322 | — | #5,223 | #451 |
| 1974 | 268 | — | #4,511 | #498 |
| 1973 | 208 | — | #8,705 | #556 |
| 1972 | 267 | — | #4,581 | #492 |
| 1971 | 204 | — | #6,126 | #588 |
| 1970 | 228 | — | #7,251 | #545 |
| 1969 | 189 | — | #3,654 | #591 |
| 1968 | 152 | — | #6,391 | #626 |
| 1967 | 156 | — | — | #599 |
| 1966 | 137 | — | — | #632 |
| 1965 | 113 | — | — | #700 |
| 1964 | 122 | — | — | #699 |
| 1963 | 91 | — | — | #795 |
| 1962 | 103 | — | — | #750 |
| 1961 | 123 | — | — | #689 |
| 1960 | 76 | — | — | #871 |
| 1959 | 63 | — | — | #970 |
| 1958 | 70 | — | — | #903 |
| 1957 | 56 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1956 | 61 | — | — | #959 |
| 1955 | 59 | — | — | #978 |
| 1954 | 51 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1953 | 49 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1952 | 46 | — | — | #1,069 |
| 1951 | 40 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1950 | 39 | — | — | #1,145 |
| 1949 | 39 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1948 | 38 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1947 | 37 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1946 | 35 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1943 | 44 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1938 | 22 | — | — | #1,448 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | — | #1,364 |
| 1935 | 31 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1931 | 51 | — | — | #903 |
| 1930 | 53 | — | — | #918 |
| 1929 | 66 | — | — | #795 |
| 1928 | 81 | — | — | #703 |
| 1927 | 86 | — | — | #701 |
| 1926 | 51 | — | — | #956 |
| 1925 | 88 | — | — | #684 |
| 1924 | 76 | — | — | #773 |
| 1923 | 88 | — | — | #687 |
| 1922 | 106 | — | — | #625 |
| 1921 | 125 | — | — | #562 |
| 1920 | 66 | — | — | #827 |
| 1919 | 57 | — | — | #881 |
| 1918 | 61 | — | — | #844 |
| 1917 | 75 | — | — | #699 |
| 1916 | 72 | — | — | #702 |
| 1915 | 85 | — | — | #629 |
| 1914 | 55 | — | — | #688 |
| 1913 | 34 | — | — | #821 |
| 1912 | 34 | — | — | #739 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #880 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | — | #1,135 |