# Dino (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dino/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdinoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,219 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,219 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 204, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dino.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,765 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,015 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,013 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,000 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,777 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,123 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,907 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,908 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,741 |
| 2020 | 49 | 2,594 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,830 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,637 |
| 2023 | 49 | 2,667 |
| 2024 | 48 | 2,723 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,808 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 1,568 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Dino

- Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer
- Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer
- Dino Sani, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Dino Toppmöller, German football manager
- Dino Monduzzi, Catholic cardinal (1922–2006)
- Dino Drpić, Croatian footballer
- Dino Perić, association football player
- Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
- Dino Cazares, American guitarist
- Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (1964–2008)
- Dino Staffa, Catholic cardinal (1906-1977)
- Dino Prižmić, Croatian tennis player (born 2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.