Dante is a boy's name of Italian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 1,067 boys in the United States.
Dante belongs to the Italian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Dante first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #200 in 1997, and in 2024 1,067 babies received the name — 50,470 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Dante is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Italian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Dante is a boy name. In 2024, 1,067 babies received the name in the US.
Dante comes from the Italian tradition.
Dante first appears in US records in 1908. Its best-ever ranking was #200 in 1997, and 1,067 babies were given the name in 2024.
Dante is pronounced /ˈdænti/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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