Dennise
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 97.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,488since 1935
Dennise over time
Rank among girls' names. Dennise has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,778 | 63 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,457 | 71 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,115 | 78 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,188 | 61 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,857 | 76 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 61 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,804 | 74 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,366 | 65 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dennise! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dennise
- 4,681 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #11,932)
- 5,607 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #11,932)
- 3,485 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #11,932)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1952 at #1,316 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,085 girls born in 2001 were named Dennise (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,316 in 1952, was only 1 in 34,987 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.5% of all girls named Dennise (644) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 22 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,454 |
| 1940s | 134 | #2,134 (1949) | #2,705 |
| 1950s | 450 | #1,316 (1952) | #1,536 |
| 1960s | 504 | #1,366 (1960) | #1,617 |
| 1970s | 401 | #1,771 (1972) | #2,219 |
| 1980s | 467 | #1,804 (1989) | #2,281 |
| 1990s | 589 | #1,857 (1991) | #2,298 |
| 2000s | 644 | #2,115 (2001) | #2,636 |
| 2010s | 189 | #3,409 (2010) | #7,734 |
| 2020s | 88 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,758 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dennise in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 39,578 of them was named Dennise, which outranked 79.0% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,568Shonda52
- #1,568Wilhelmina52
- #1,568Windy52
- #1,580Dennise51
- #1,580Candie51
- #1,580Dovie51
- #1,580Gillian51
- #1,598Alisha50
- #1,598Charolette50
- #1,598Deloise50
Tied with 17 names at #1,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 424,839 of them was named Dennise, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.