Dino — #2712 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dino

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,173 babies named Dino between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dino currently holds the #2712 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 386 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dino performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,794 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dino shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,699 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dino in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dino 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 9,173 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.