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
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,729since 1881
Dennie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | — | #1,834 | 28 | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #1,348 | 39 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,222 | 46 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #920 | 68 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #1,034 | 51 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #955 | 57 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #1,073 | 47 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #967 | 58 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #989 | 58 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #984 | 59 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #958 | 64 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #830 | 84 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #804 | 87 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #874 | 73 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #780 | 87 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #863 | 72 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #908 | 62 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #840 | 69 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #785 | 80 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #827 | 68 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #824 | 68 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #846 | 65 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #748 | 84 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #660 | 96 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #699 | 76 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #745 | 69 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #736 | 77 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #777 | 69 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #870 | 53 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #858 | 54 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #763 | 63 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #779 | 62 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #932 | 45 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | — | #766 | 65 | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #970 | 43 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,159 | 32 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1886 (#836 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1887 (#578 → #921)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1886 at #578 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1937–1961
- 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%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Dennie (743) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #578 (1886) | #828 |
| 1890s | 42 | #739 (1890) | #946 |
| 1900s | 26 | #858 (1901) | #1,059 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,172 (1918) | #1,395 |
| 1920s | 307 | #1,145 (1927) | #1,324 |
| 1930s | 460 | #763 (1939) | #978 |
| 1940s | 711 | #660 (1946) | #776 |
| 1950s | 743 | #780 (1955) | #848 |
| 1960s | 575 | #920 (1969) | #991 |
| 1970s | 330 | #1,222 (1970) | #1,607 |
| 1980s | 192 | #2,110 (1980) | #2,877 |
| 1990s | 91 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,913 |
| 2000s | 17 | #9,112 (2000) | #10,476 |
| 2010s | 7 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 103,957 of them was named Dennie, which outranked 48.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,424Wenda12
- #2,424Wynelle12
- #2,424Wynette12
- #2,572Dennie11
- #2,572Alix11
- #2,572Almira11
- #2,572Aloha11
- #2,737Adah10
- #2,737Aggie10
- #2,737Albertina10
Tied with 164 names at #2,572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 21,466 of them was named Dennie, which outranked 78.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).