Recorded 1908–2025 · United States
Dante was most popular in 1998, when 1,694 American babies were given the name — ranking #384 that year. In 2025 it ranked #605, with 1,104 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 52,053 people named Dante.
Dante first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1908, which makes it about 117 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 118 of the 118 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 52,053 American births named Dante between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 48,718 are estimated to be alive today.
1,104 American babies were named Dante in 2025, ranking #605 that year.
Dante is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,080 births a year, against 1,194 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -10% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dante is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 52,053 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 48,718 Americans named Dante are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 12 and 31.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org