Dennie

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #9,709
Given to boys 82.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,729
since 1881

Dennie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #930, 1884peak #578, 1886girlsboys
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012#9,7097
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007#12,3675
2006
2005
2004#9,9486
2003
2002
2001
2000#9,1126
1999#9,9125
1998#7,5607
1997
1996#5,53510
1995#5,9289
1994#5,8689
1993#5,00211
1992#6,1288
1991#3,81315
1990#3,46717
1989#6,2297
1988#2,50923
1987#2,64120
1986#3,00516
1985#10,6775#2,11626
1984#10,4225#2,61318
1983#2,27222
1982#2,70917
1981#2,56918
1980#9,0956#2,11025
1979#6,6969#2,04825
1978#1,83428
1977#5,88810#1,85827
1976#9,2845#1,78128
1975#3,95016#1,55933
1974#5,36010#1,69228
1973#6,6667#1,37637
1972#4,09114#1,34839
1971#3,94315#1,35239
1970#6,3627#1,22246
1969#5,9747#92068
1968#4,48910#1,03451
1967#5,4577#95557
1966#3,74012#1,07347
1965#5,2897#96758
1964#4,6369#98958
1963#6,5925#98459
1962#3,59213#1,05652
1961#3,46014#95864
1960#3,92011#97361
1959#3,82711#83084
1958#4,1939#80487
1957#2,72718#97161
1956#3,18614#87473
1955#2,97115#78087
1954#3,49011#86372
1953#3,48011#90862
1952#2,20022#84069
1951#2,24520#78580
1950#2,34118#82768
1949#2,99912#82468
1948#4,6516#84665
1947#3,06112#74884
1946#2,22818#66096
1945#2,14916#69976
1944#2,76211#74569
1943#3,2499#73677
1942#2,81711#77769
1941#2,09616#87053
1940#2,57211#85854
1939#2,41712#76363
1938#2,73010#77962
1937#3,1468#93245
1936#2,26313#1,01039
1935#76665
1934#2,56711#97043
1933#3,4067#1,15932
1932#2,83110#1,03541
1931#2,58111#1,07839
1930#2,42513#1,28331
1929#2,92110#1,33928
1928#4,1956#1,44826
1927#3,05310#1,14539
1926#2,87211#1,24234
1925#3,3629#1,24633
1924#4,0027#1,49226
1923#2,91711#1,30031
1922#2,78012#1,39628
1921#3,4009#1,25234
1920#3,5988#1,38228
1919#4,2516#1,57622
1918#3,02410#1,17235
1917#2,55212#1,58721
1916#2,49812#1,26528
1915#3,7956#1,41023
1914#1,81814#1,30021
1913#2,3318#1,67611
1912#1,17416
1911#1,54510
1910
1909
1908#1,4399#1,3735
1907#1,8216#1,0947
1906#1,7276
1905
1904#1,6596
1903#9107
1902
1901#8587
1900#1,9325
1899#1,5965#1,0515
1898
1897#1,5555#9426
1896#9826
1895#1,1239
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#1,4505#1,0665
1891#7667
1890#7398
1889#9745
1888#1,2765#8157
1887#9215
1886#57811
1885#8366
1884#9306
1883#7996
1882#8376
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Dennie! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Dennie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
  • Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1886 (#836#578)
  • Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1887 (#578#921)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1886 at #578 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1937–1961
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,071
  • Highest: 1 in 10,071 boys born in 1886 were named Dennie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,992 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Dennie (743) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1912
  • Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#578 (1886)#828
1890s42#739 (1890)#946
1900s26#858 (1901)#1,059
1910s177#1,172 (1918)#1,395
1920s307#1,145 (1927)#1,324
1930s460#763 (1939)#978
1940s711#660 (1946)#776
1950s743#780 (1955)#848
1960s575#920 (1969)#991
1970s330#1,222 (1970)#1,607
1980s192#2,110 (1980)#2,877
1990s91#3,467 (1990)#5,913
2000s17#9,112 (2000)#10,476
2010s7#9,709 (2012)#9,709

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.

Dennie in 1891

boys
#766
7 births · 1 in 14,456 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #766Dennie7
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 14,456 of them was named Dennie, which outranked 32.0% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dennie
  1. #700Wendell8
  2. #700Whit8
  3. #700Zeb8
  4. #766Dennie7
  5. #766Ace7
  6. #766Ada7
  7. #766Almon7
  8. #841Adlai6
  9. #841Alec6
  10. #841Alger6

Tied with 74 names at #766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

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

See the top 100 for 1891