Dino
About Dino
Italian heritage name. It's sweet and simple, but has fallen almost out of use since its heyday in the 1960s.
Pronounced DEE-noh.
As of October 2026, Dino ranked #2808 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #404 in 1960.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,999 | 38 | 19.8 |
| 2015 | #2,775 | 43 | 22.4 |
| 2016 | #3,122 | 37 | 19.5 |
| 2017 | #2,906 | 41 | 22.2 |
| 2018 | #2,908 | 41 | 22.6 |
| 2019 | #3,739 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2020 | #2,594 | 49 | 28.4 |
| 2021 | #2,829 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2022 | #3,634 | 31 | 17.8 |
| 2023 | #2,661 | 49 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | #2,712 | 48 | 27.9 |
| 2025 | #2,808 | 45 | 26.3 |
World rankings
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Dino on lists
Famous Dinos
- Dino Paul Crocetti
birth name of American singer Dean Martin (often called Dino)
- Dino Zoff
Italian footballer
- Dino Merlin
Yugoslavian singer
- Dino Risi
Italian film director
- Dean "Dino" Esposito
American DJ and singer
- Dino Ciccarelli
Canadian ice hockey player
- Dino Cazares
American guitarist of band Fear Factory
- Dino "Dappy" Contostavlos
British singer of group N,Dubz and reality TV personality ("Celebrity Big Brother")
- Dino Buzzati
Italian novelist, writer, and painter
- Dino Angelo Luciano
chef and former Masterchef winner
Dino in pop culture
- Dino Cavallone
character on anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn
- Dino Mujkic
character on Bosnian show "Crazy, Confused & Normal"
- Dino
character in webcomic "The Heart of Earth"
- Dominick "Dino" Damiano
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"