Dennis
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #707 for boys in 2025, 381 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 21,746 births
- Debut · boys
- 128 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 621,000since 1880
Dennis over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #707 | 381 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #708 | 376 |
| 2023 | — | #644 | 427 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #652 | 423 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #689 | 385 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #647 | 414 |
| 2019 | — | #553 | 510 | |
| 2018 | — | #556 | 497 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #545 | 516 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #510 | 587 |
| 2015 | — | #494 | 592 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #486 | 578 |
| 2013 | — | #454 | 625 | |
| 2012 | — | #424 | 661 | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #413 | 685 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #391 | 726 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #362 | 845 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #368 | 833 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #330 | 968 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #313 | 1,029 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #316 | 1,040 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #308 | 1,017 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #282 | 1,109 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | #280 | 1,081 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #270 | 1,180 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #251 | 1,343 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #239 | 1,340 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #238 | 1,318 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #209 | 1,489 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #203 | 1,540 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #185 | 1,689 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #177 | 1,788 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #164 | 1,964 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #150 | 2,165 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #138 | 2,314 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #129 | 2,494 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #123 | 2,675 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #116 | 2,652 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #107 | 2,756 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | #104 | 2,705 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 | #103 | 2,845 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #97 | 2,953 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #92 | 3,047 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | #87 | 3,392 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #83 | 3,634 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #80 | 3,804 |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 | #75 | 4,080 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | #71 | 3,861 |
| 1977 | #2,091 | 45 | #68 | 4,152 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | #66 | 4,169 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | #59 | 4,730 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | #59 | 4,880 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | #56 | 5,176 |
| 1972 | #2,022 | 39 | #52 | 5,608 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #49 | 6,584 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #46 | 7,312 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #44 | 7,357 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 | #45 | 7,403 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | #43 | 7,636 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | #44 | 7,786 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #44 | 8,215 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #42 | 9,327 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | #39 | 9,821 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 | #37 | 10,633 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | #34 | 12,503 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 | #31 | 14,303 |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 | #29 | 16,043 |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | #29 | 16,418 |
| 1957 | #1,358 | 61 | #28 | 16,917 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 | #26 | 18,359 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | #23 | 20,436 |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | #21 | 20,758 |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | #19 | 23,658 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 | #18 | 24,552 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 | #17 | 24,264 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 | #17 | 22,862 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | #16 | 21,746 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 | #17 | 21,765 |
| 1947 | #1,047 | 72 | #17 | 23,686 |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 | #17 | 21,447 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 | #19 | 14,990 |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 | #20 | 13,676 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | #20 | 14,116 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | #20 | 13,281 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | #23 | 9,562 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | #24 | 7,845 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | #34 | 6,212 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #49 | 4,236 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #63 | 3,160 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #74 | 2,627 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #72 | 2,597 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #95 | 2,053 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #106 | 1,685 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #121 | 1,421 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #138 | 1,202 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #145 | 1,173 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #154 | 997 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #159 | 957 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #163 | 919 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #173 | 838 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #177 | 826 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #178 | 807 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #181 | 773 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #198 | 677 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #190 | 727 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #207 | 624 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #202 | 626 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #202 | 637 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #199 | 582 |
| 1916 | — | #206 | 532 | |
| 1915 | — | #209 | 514 | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #211 | 382 |
| 1913 | — | #205 | 324 | |
| 1912 | — | #206 | 268 | |
| 1911 | — | #187 | 166 | |
| 1910 | — | #195 | 135 | |
| 1909 | — | #186 | 120 | |
| 1908 | — | #200 | 101 | |
| 1907 | — | #190 | 111 | |
| 1906 | — | #197 | 89 | |
| 1905 | — | #179 | 106 | |
| 1904 | — | #195 | 90 | |
| 1903 | — | #206 | 75 | |
| 1902 | — | #194 | 85 | |
| 1901 | — | #183 | 79 | |
| 1900 | — | #158 | 132 | |
| 1899 | — | #169 | 86 | |
| 1898 | — | #166 | 99 | |
| 1897 | — | #161 | 96 | |
| 1896 | — | #178 | 90 | |
| 1895 | — | #142 | 108 | |
| 1894 | — | #179 | 84 | |
| 1893 | — | #172 | 83 | |
| 1892 | — | #190 | 82 | |
| 1891 | — | #147 | 89 | |
| 1890 | — | #138 | 102 | |
| 1889 | — | #128 | 111 | |
| 1888 | — | #145 | 106 | |
| 1887 | — | #139 | 93 | |
| 1886 | — | #138 | 98 | |
| 1885 | — | #122 | 112 | |
| 1884 | — | #127 | 113 | |
| 1883 | — | #115 | 112 | |
| 1882 | — | #108 | 135 | |
| 1881 | — | #120 | 99 | |
| 1880 | — | #105 | 128 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dennis was already there! It came in at #105, and was given to 128 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1908, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dennis
- 1 spot since 2024 (#708 → #707)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#647 → #707)
- 213 spots since 2015 (#494 → #707)
- Biggest jump: 37 spots in 1895 (#179 → #142)
- Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2020 (#553 → #647)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1949 at #16 (21,746 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1934–1984
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 76 boys born in 1946 were named Dennis (1.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,483 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #16 in 1949, was only 1 in 82 (1.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.9% of all boys named Dennis (204,267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,107 | #105 (1880) | #125 |
| 1890s | 919 | #138 (1890) | #164 |
| 1900s | 988 | #158 (1900) | #189 |
| 1910s | 4,166 | #187 (1911) | #202 |
| 1920s | 8,145 | #154 (1929) | #178 |
| 1930s | 26,366 | #34 (1939) | #90 |
| 1940s | 162,114 | #16 (1949) | #19 |
| 1950s | 204,267 | #17 (1951) | #23 |
| 1960s | 94,984 | #31 (1960) | #40 |
| 1970s | 50,552 | #46 (1970) | #60 |
| 1980s | 30,463 | #80 (1980) | #99 |
| 1990s | 18,101 | #129 (1990) | #183 |
| 2000s | 10,445 | #251 (2000) | #308 |
| 2010s | 5,977 | #391 (2010) | #483 |
| 2020s | 2,406 | #644 (2023) | #675 |
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.
Dennis in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 78,125 of them was named Dennis, which outranked 71.9% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,906Wisdom24
- #4,906Yohana24
- #4,906Zelda24
- #5,086Dennis23
- #5,086Abigayl23
- #5,086Abilene23
- #5,086Adisyn23
- #5,254Ainslie22
- #5,254Aisa22
- #5,254Akeria22
Tied with 167 names at #5,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,796 of them was named Dennis, which outranked 97.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.