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 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 249,735 of them was named Dennie, which outranked 32.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,818Yumiko8
- #5,818Yvone8
- #5,818Yvonna8
- #6,362Dennie7
- #6,362Abbi7
- #6,362Abbigail7
- #6,362Adel7
- #7,070Aaronette6
- #7,070Abril6
- #7,070Adrean6
Tied with 707 names at #6,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 40,396 of them was named Dennie, which outranked 77.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,207Spence47
- #1,207Talmadge47
- #1,207Wally47
- #1,222Dennie46
- #1,222Anson46
- #1,222Bartley46
- #1,222Channing46
- #1,238Carleton45
- #1,238Corbett45
- #1,238Donte45
Tied with 15 names at #1,222; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.