Denis
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to boys 96.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 618 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,733since 1880
Denis over time
Rank among boys' names. Denis has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,708 | 95 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #1,641 | 103 |
| 2023 | — | #1,547 | 113 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,678 | 102 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #1,750 | 92 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #1,673 | 95 |
| 2019 | — | #1,420 | 123 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,724 | 90 |
| 2017 | — | #1,661 | 95 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,754 | 88 |
| 2015 | — | #1,502 | 110 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #1,559 | 102 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #1,399 | 120 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #1,359 | 124 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #1,411 | 117 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #1,358 | 125 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #1,241 | 144 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #1,319 | 132 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | #1,132 | 158 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #1,106 | 158 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #1,143 | 141 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 | #1,080 | 147 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | #1,076 | 144 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #1,191 | 117 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #1,191 | 114 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #1,220 | 110 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #1,249 | 99 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #1,133 | 110 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #1,161 | 105 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #1,155 | 102 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,107 | 105 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #1,168 | 95 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #1,118 | 101 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #1,029 | 113 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #967 | 121 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #1,000 | 111 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #951 | 115 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,058 | 88 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #939 | 101 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #860 | 111 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #917 | 98 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #1,000 | 79 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #884 | 99 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #969 | 86 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #780 | 125 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #789 | 123 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #835 | 108 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #826 | 107 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #751 | 129 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #711 | 138 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #754 | 122 |
| 1974 | — | #710 | 134 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #700 | 131 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #625 | 158 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #633 | 169 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #570 | 202 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #556 | 200 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #504 | 224 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #515 | 212 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #461 | 273 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #474 | 270 |
| 1964 | — | #477 | 275 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #455 | 302 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #439 | 326 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #459 | 310 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #416 | 363 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #410 | 374 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #387 | 409 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #388 | 389 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #335 | 493 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #334 | 491 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #297 | 574 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #291 | 583 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #277 | 618 |
| 1951 | — | #296 | 541 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #312 | 481 |
| 1949 | — | #338 | 393 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #323 | 428 |
| 1947 | — | #309 | 496 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #307 | 448 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #328 | 327 |
| 1944 | — | #337 | 312 | |
| 1943 | — | #330 | 343 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #311 | 392 |
| 1941 | — | #332 | 302 | |
| 1940 | — | #345 | 272 | |
| 1939 | — | #317 | 296 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #357 | 242 |
| 1937 | — | #392 | 198 | |
| 1936 | — | #433 | 166 | |
| 1935 | — | #430 | 170 | |
| 1934 | — | #475 | 143 | |
| 1933 | — | #457 | 146 | |
| 1932 | — | #587 | 102 | |
| 1931 | — | #596 | 97 | |
| 1930 | — | #662 | 88 | |
| 1929 | — | #742 | 72 | |
| 1928 | — | #779 | 69 | |
| 1927 | — | #762 | 74 | |
| 1926 | — | #699 | 82 | |
| 1925 | — | #801 | 68 | |
| 1924 | — | #916 | 58 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,026 | 47 | |
| 1922 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #966 | 48 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,037 | 38 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Denis was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Denis
- 67 spots since 2024 (#1,641 → #1,708)
- 35 spots since 2020 (#1,673 → #1,708)
- 206 spots since 2015 (#1,502 → #1,708)
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1895 (#954 → #609)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1901 (#699 → #1,058)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1952 at #277 (618 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1924–1987
- Highest: 1 in 3,145 boys born in 1952 were named Denis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,980 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.9% of all boys named Denis (4,953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #540 (1882) | #707 |
| 1890s | 68 | #609 (1895) | #781 |
| 1900s | 55 | #699 (1900) | #979 |
| 1910s | 300 | #934 (1917) | #1,037 |
| 1920s | 616 | #699 (1926) | #872 |
| 1930s | 1,648 | #317 (1939) | #471 |
| 1940s | 3,713 | #307 (1946) | #326 |
| 1950s | 4,953 | #277 (1952) | #333 |
| 1960s | 2,755 | #416 (1960) | #476 |
| 1970s | 1,398 | #570 (1970) | #712 |
| 1980s | 1,025 | #780 (1981) | #915 |
| 1990s | 1,062 | #967 (1991) | #1,109 |
| 2000s | 1,365 | #1,076 (2003) | #1,170 |
| 2010s | 1,094 | #1,358 (2010) | #1,515 |
| 2020s | 600 | #1,547 (2023) | #1,666 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Denis in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 157,637 of them was named Denis, which outranked 30.9% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,181Yetta8
- #3,181Zelpha8
- #3,181Zilpha8
- #3,450Denis7
- #3,450Abelina7
- #3,450Adalee7
- #3,450Adalia7
- #3,847Adaline6
- #3,847Adlean6
- #3,847Adlene6
Tied with 396 names at #3,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 4,583 of them was named Denis, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).