Dante

Meaning and origin of Dante

Popularity of Dante in France since 1986

• Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1928.
• Over recent years, Dante has been rising (+5.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Dante every 122 schools.

Dante in English-speaking countries

Dante ranks 195^th in Ontario (Canada), against 1,618^th in France.

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  195^th boys’ name198 babies in 3 years1 boy in 858−0.6% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  312^th boys’ name36 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,237

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  315^th boys’ name3,235 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,589+0.5% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  374^th boys’ name30 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,642

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  494^th boys’ name18 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,330

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  516^th boys’ name226 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,656+0.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  556^th boys’ name16 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,489

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Dante and Danté are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Danté15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Dante

• Pietro
• Aldo
• Lucca
• Bosco
• Marcello
• Giuseppe
• Giani
• Vincenzo
• Lisandru
• Francesco
• Enea
• Giovann