Dantonio — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dantonio

The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Dantonio between 1979 and 2020, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dantonio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dantonio performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dantonio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dantonio in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dantonio in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 176 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.