Dante

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dante: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dante: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #324 in 2006, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3912
2004	#4598

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #622 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #324 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dante appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,200 births with the name.

Dante across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dante's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#324 (2006)	#622 (2024)	29 of 29	2,200 (1996–2024)	109 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#396 (2023)	#468 (2025)	13 of 17	66 (2009–2025)	9 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3848 (1998)	#4598 (2004)	3 of 7	9 (1998–2004)	3 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#390 (2009)	#398 (2013)	2 of 5	6 (2009–2013)	3 (2009)

Dante by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dante in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	146	4 of 10	37
2000s	778	10 of 10	78
2010sbusiest	897	10 of 10	90
2020s	379	5 of 10	76

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 90 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 33, from 75 to 108.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dante appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #324 in England and Wales in 2006.

Dante's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#622	61	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#490	81	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#472	84	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#543	71	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#475	82	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#454	89	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#549	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#488	83	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#493	82	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#465	87	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#429	94	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#432	94	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#405	100	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#401	99	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#393	101	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#359	108	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#353	109	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#361	101	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#324	108	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#401	75	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#435	63	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#406	64	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#359	69	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#484	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#503	39	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#352	66	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#462	44	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 109 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Danuta · #267, 29y
Danya · #1450, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Issac · #324, 30y
Elio · #326, 25y
Leoni · #320, 32y
Lilianna · #328, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chi · #324, 29y
Finnan · #324, 23y
Issac · #324, 30y
Kourtney · #324, 27y

Dante was ranked #324 in England and Wales · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dante and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dante without appearing here.

Dante moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #661 and #1761.
Fionn Compare
In 1997 they stood at #661 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #462 and #1263.
Johannes Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #661 and #1345.
Conan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #661 and #1174.

Moved ahead of Dante

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #604 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Albie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #541 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #336.
Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #490 and #500 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #622 and #406.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #401 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #405 and #238.

Moved the opposite way to Dante

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Dante

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dante went from #1168 to #622 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #324 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dante

Dante at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dante across 4 official records

Dante by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dante appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dante

Dante and the names beside it

Dante moved ahead of

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Dante at a glance

Dante across 4 official records

Dante by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dante appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dante

Dante and the names beside it

Dante moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dante

Moved the opposite way to Dante

Moved the same way as Dante