Masculine dossier · first seen 1908

Dante

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dante
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

1,670

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1908Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

36.1%

2024

1,067

All-time

50,470

Dante has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 1,670 boys were named Dante.

In 2024, only 1,067 boys were given the name.

Down 36.1% from its peak.

All told, about 50,470 Americans have been named Dante and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1908.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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