Davante
Masculine
Davante takes the Da- prefix, the -ante ending, and a v in the middle, and the v is doing real work: it gives the name a soft center that the harder consonants of its neighbors do not have. Compare Dashante and Dequante. Its American peak is 1992.
How old is the name Davante?
Davante first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Davante alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 1,400 people named Davante are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Davante most popular?
Davante peaked in 1992, reaching #802 nationally. Today it ranks #6143, 5,341 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dante to Davante
Our story of Davante
Dante is worth mentioning even if it is not the source, because the resemblance is the reason many people hear this name as substantial. Dante Alighieri's name is a shortening of Durante, from Latin durans, 'enduring, lasting', and it is one of the very few given names in the world attached so completely to one person that using it is an act of reference. American naming took Dante up in the 1970s and it has been in continuous use since. Whether Davante descends from it or arrived at the ending by another route, the effect on a listener is the same: the name lands in the neighborhood of a poet, and a listener who knows that will hear it. Resemblance does a great deal of work in naming, and it does not require descent.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented source. The Da- prefix carries no lexical content, and the -ante ending has no source language; it belongs with -onte to a small family of American terminals that place the stress at the end. The v is a linking consonant rather than a meaningful element. It is sometimes suggested that the name descends from Dante, the Italian poet's name — itself a shortening of Durante, 'enduring' — but the connection cannot be shown.
How the name formed
- Dante
- Davante
Related forms: Devante · Davonte
Pronouncing Davante
duh-VAHN-tay
Three syllables, stress in the middle or at the end depending on the speaker, with the final e sounded as a long a. Readers meeting it cold sometimes silence the e and produce duh-VANT, which is the one hazard.
Nicknames for Davante
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 1992169 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #802reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- +75.0%14 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Davante in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Devante in English — spelling variant
- Davonte in English — related form
Davantes among us
people named Davante are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 122,005 born in 2025 was named Davante
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jame test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Davante's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jame climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jame's path sketches the road Davante is walking now.
Davante sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Davante beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Davante in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Dante is a complete name with real weight available inside it.
- The end-weighted rhythm distinguishes it from most English names.
- It sits in a recognizable family, so it is placed instantly on first hearing.
- The final e is silenced by readers who do not know the convention.
- Davante, Devante and Davonte all circulate, so records will drift.
- There is no documented meaning to give when asked.
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Frequently asked
- How many Davantes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Davante are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Davante in 2025?
- Davante ranks #6143 among US boy names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Davante?
- About 1 in every 122,005 US boys born in 2025 was named Davante — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Davante with classmates?
- Davante will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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