Denny

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#325
1947 · 439 births
Debut · boys
1889
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,417
since 1889

Denny over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Denny has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #325, 1947boys
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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—#4,24924
2024—#4,32124
2023—#3,71230
2022—#3,53332
2021—#4,01126
2020#12,1427#5,23517
2019—#3,49632
2018—#3,30134
2017—#3,37833
2016—#3,52431
2015—#2,56548
2014—#2,70544
2013—#2,66844
2012—#2,81142
2011—#1,99968
2010—#2,11863
2009—#2,52850
2008—#2,10465
2007—#1,74185
2006—#1,76978
2005—#1,86968
2004—#1,73173
2003—#1,68773
2002—#1,52981
2001—#1,69968
2000—#1,71366
1999—#1,48976
1998—#1,64263
1997#13,7245#1,20798
1996#13,5185#1,18097
1995—#1,23988
1994—#1,21190
1993—#1,24883
1992—#1,11098
1991—#1,008114
1990#12,9585#1,15688
1989—#938118
1988—#903112
1987#8,7787#875114
1986#8,5237#870109
1985#8,3187#823117
1984—#874101
1983—#791122
1982#8,2247#692157
1981#10,4115#754134
1980—#744139
1979—#733139
1978#8,5626#686149
1977#6,3409#609189
1976#3,81217#639165
1975#7,1737#570200
1974#5,01111#544217
1973#4,87111#565198
1972#4,79311#529224
1971#6,6197#547217
1970—#517244
1969#6,6176#467267
1968—#535204
1967#6,8045#532195
1966—#516215
1965#5,8176#496237
1964#6,0096#519227
1963#6,5925#480275
1962#4,5339#493259
1961#5,8516#489259
1960#3,51213#456309
1959#2,98016#451317
1958#3,37913#448305
1957#3,48912#449294
1956#3,69611#473255
1955#3,77810#476238
1954#5,7535#486221
1953#3,26912#457246
1952#3,7969#445251
1951#3,7149#415270
1950#4,7386#392296
1949#4,6736#407272
1948#4,2057#375327
1947#4,7646#325439
1946#4,4176#325391
1945#4,5565#359273
1944#3,6877#347295
1943#3,04010#353300
1942#3,7387#346303
1941#4,4205#383224
1940—#426187
1939#3,4297#381222
1938#3,4507#454162
1937—#478141
1936#3,7016#477139
1935#3,1568#509127
1934#3,1598#501132
1933—#557105
1932—#65786
1931—#80860
1930—#71876
1929#4,0536#76370
1928—#77570
1927—#85862
1926#3,5648#1,01047
1925—#1,12139
1924—#1,24634
1923—#1,46026
1922—#1,15838
1921—#1,12240
1920—#1,27332
1919—#1,81118
1918—#1,71020
1917—#1,36226
1916—#1,94915
1915—#1,50521
1914—#1,54516
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,35313
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,3735
1907—#1,0947
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1900—#1,0507
1899—#1,0515
1898—#1,0026
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Denny! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1889–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Denny
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #4,249)
  • 986 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #4,249)
  • 1,684 spots since 2015 (#2,565 → #4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 152 spots in 1927 (#1,010 → #858)
  • Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1990 (#938 → #1,156)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1947 at #325 (439 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1927–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,154
  • Highest: 1 in 4,154 boys born in 1946 were named Denny (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #325 in 1947, was only 1 in 4,168 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Denny (3,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s11#1,002 (1898)#1,027
1900s26#1,050 (1900)#1,168
1910s157#1,190 (1911)#1,546
1920s458#763 (1929)#1,079
1930s1,250#381 (1939)#554
1940s3,011#325 (1947)#365
1950s2,693#392 (1950)#449
1960s2,447#456 (1960)#498
1970s1,942#517 (1970)#594
1980s1,223#692 (1982)#826
1990s895#1,008 (1991)#1,249
2000s707#1,529 (2002)#1,837
2010s439#1,999 (2011)#2,857
2020s153#3,533 (2022)#4,177

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.

Denny in 1996

girls
#13,518
5 births · 1 in 350,601 girls
boys
#1,180
97 births · 1 in 19,529 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #13,518Denny5

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,180Denny97
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 350,601 of them was named Denny, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denny
  1. #11,807Zorria6
  2. #11,807Zurisadai6
  3. #11,807Zuzanna6
  4. #13,518Denny5
  5. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  6. #13,518Abbiegail5
  7. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 2,376 names at #13,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 19,529 of them was named Denny, which outranked 88.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denny
  1. #1,177Bryton98
  2. #1,177Scottie98
  3. #1,177Wallace98
  4. #1,180Denny97
  5. #1,180Darrien97
  6. #1,180Dejon97
  7. #1,180Eloy97
  8. #1,188Brycen96
  9. #1,188Jevon96
  10. #1,188Khari96

Tied with 7 names at #1,180; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →