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

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Peak · boys
#277
1952 · 618 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,733
since 1880

Denis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Denis has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #277, 1952boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1,70895
2024#11,1228#1,641103
2023—#1,547113
2022#12,2437#1,678102
2021#9,56210#1,75092
2020#5,16824#1,67395
2019—#1,420123
2018#15,6825#1,72490
2017—#1,66195
2016#16,2155#1,75488
2015—#1,502110
2014#14,5586#1,559102
2013#11,0009#1,399120
2012#13,4837#1,359124
2011#8,61413#1,411117
2010#6,90418#1,358125
2009#5,53725#1,241144
2008#4,44834#1,319132
2007#5,23027#1,132158
2006#4,95328#1,106158
2005#4,70428#1,143141
2004#4,94926#1,080147
2003#4,80426#1,076144
2002#4,76725#1,191117
2001#6,32217#1,191114
2000#5,70519#1,220110
1999#8,22311#1,24999
1998#6,71914#1,133110
1997#7,28312#1,161105
1996#4,58322#1,155102
1995#8,7669#1,107105
1994#5,71316#1,16895
1993#4,99819#1,118101
1992#4,52822#1,029113
1991#5,94915#967121
1990#6,13114#1,000111
1989#5,54515#951115
1988#11,7985#1,05888
1987#4,85716#939101
1986#7,1349#860111
1985#6,03111#91798
1984#8,1537#1,00079
1983#9,0156#88499
1982#5,53412#96986
1981#4,74615#780125
1980#4,74315#789123
1979#8,0617#835108
1978#8,5626#826107
1977#6,8928#751129
1976#4,36314#711138
1975#7,1737#754122
1974—#710134
1973#6,6667#700131
1972#8,2925#625158
1971#6,0068#633169
1970#5,06110#570202
1969#5,9747#556200
1968#4,48910#504224
1967#3,84512#515212
1966#4,4939#461273
1965#6,5395#474270
1964—#477275
1963#5,2967#455302
1962#5,8606#439326
1961#5,3097#459310
1960#3,92011#416363
1959#5,5666#410374
1958#6,1035#387409
1957#4,2029#388389
1956#5,3256#335493
1955#5,8285#334491
1954#3,9679#297574
1953#5,0406#291583
1952#4,4837#277618
1951—#296541
1950#4,7386#312481
1949—#338393
1948#4,6516#323428
1947—#309496
1946#4,4176#307448
1945#4,5565#328327
1944—#337312
1943—#330343
1942#4,1246#311392
1941—#332302
1940—#345272
1939—#317296
1938#3,4507#357242
1937—#392198
1936—#433166
1935—#430170
1934—#475143
1933—#457146
1932—#587102
1931—#59697
1930—#66288
1929—#74272
1928—#77969
1927—#76274
1926—#69982
1925—#80168
1924—#91658
1923—#1,02647
1922—#94954
1921—#1,05844
1920—#98748
1919—#1,18835
1918—#96648
1917—#93447
1916—#1,04338
1915—#1,03738
1914—#1,01930
1913—#1,11221
1912—#97022
1911—#98212
1910—#1,1189
1909—#1,2776
1908—#1,0218
1907——
1906—#1,0047
1905—#9198
1904—#8748
1903——
1902——
1901—#1,0585
1900—#69913
1899——
1898—#66311
1897——
1896—#72210
1895—#60912
1894—#9546
1893—#8367
1892—#68810
1891—#9635
1890—#8147
1889—#8786
1888—#8157
1887—#6798
1886—#7587
1885—#6419
1884—#8486
1883—#7207
1882—#54012
1881—#5959
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

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.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1952 at #277 (618 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1924–1987
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,145
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.9% of all boys named Denis (4,953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s81#540 (1882)#707
1890s68#609 (1895)#781
1900s55#699 (1900)#979
1910s300#934 (1917)#1,037
1920s616#699 (1926)#872
1930s1,648#317 (1939)#471
1940s3,713#307 (1946)#326
1950s4,953#277 (1952)#333
1960s2,755#416 (1960)#476
1970s1,398#570 (1970)#712
1980s1,025#780 (1981)#915
1990s1,062#967 (1991)#1,109
2000s1,365#1,076 (2003)#1,170
2010s1,094#1,358 (2010)#1,515
2020s600#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 1996

girls
#4,583
22 births · 1 in 79,682 girls
boys
#1,155
102 births · 1 in 18,572 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #4,583Denis22

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,155Denis102
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 79,682 of them was named Denis, which outranked 71.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denis
  1. #4,453Vivienne23
  2. #4,453Zia23
  3. #4,453Zuleyma23
  4. #4,583Denis22
  5. #4,583Abeer22
  6. #4,583Abilene22
  7. #4,583Ajee22
  8. #4,739Adrienna21
  9. #4,739Ahna21
  10. #4,739Akila21

Tied with 155 names at #4,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 18,572 of them was named Denis, which outranked 89.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denis
  1. #1,149Louie103
  2. #1,149Sami103
  3. #1,149Semaj103
  4. #1,155Denis102
  5. #1,155Davante102
  6. #1,155Harris102
  7. #1,155Johnson102
  8. #1,162Jan101
  9. #1,162Jerrell101
  10. #1,162Marcellus101

Tied with 6 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →