Denton

#3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,143
since 1881

Denton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Denton has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #706, 1881boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,51332
2024#3,98627
2023#3,17738
2022#3,10039
2021#4,01126
2020#3,02538
2019#3,05239
2018#3,24035
2017#2,34555
2016#2,83842
2015#2,42952
2014#2,54248
2013#2,27856
2012#2,38053
2011#2,37653
2010#2,68245
2009#2,62347
2008#2,58348
2007#2,64346
2006#1,99467
2005#2,39948
2004#2,31649
2003#2,67437
2002#2,01954
2001#1,81661
2000#1,65370
1999#1,93250
1998#1,66662
1997#1,43875
1996#1,51766
1995#1,27584
1994#1,21889
1993#1,34072
1992#1,42964
1991#1,69948
1990#1,45260
1989#1,32768
1988#1,50150
1987#1,33755
1986#1,28657
1985#1,32153
1984#1,22856
1983#1,42944
1982#1,56339
1981#1,33449
1980#1,41045
1979#1,86729
1978#1,68832
1977#1,54636
1976#1,34643
1975#1,50535
1974#1,38838
1973#1,25343
1972#1,23045
1971#1,10954
1970#1,27842
1969#1,23141
1968#1,47828
1967#1,44928
1966#1,42829
1965#1,36032
1964#1,17243
1963#1,12147
1962#1,42330
1961#1,25040
1960#1,22941
1959#1,11748
1958#1,18642
1957#1,31835
1956#1,12945
1955#1,11444
1954#1,18640
1953#1,30433
1952#1,11143
1951#1,19537
1950#91856
1949#1,02946
1948#1,09142
1947#1,01450
1946#92552
1945#89950
1944#99143
1943#95649
1942#79565
1941#1,00441
1940#1,15633
1939#88849
1938#1,04338
1937#1,01639
1936#1,05137
1935#92347
1934#1,02440
1933#1,14433
1932#1,07739
1931#99744
1930#1,06942
1929#1,19534
1928#1,05743
1927#1,06044
1926#1,16138
1925#1,09141
1924#1,45827
1923#1,17737
1922#1,02348
1921#1,22635
1920#1,08942
1919#1,08240
1918#1,07940
1917#1,13235
1916#1,20630
1915#1,10034
1914#1,00331
1913#1,02324
1912#1,05919
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1189
1909
1908#87710
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1897#7259
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1888#9176
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1882
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Denton! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Denton is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #519 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,244 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,610 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Denton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#519 · 1 in 16,244
  2. California#526 · 1 in 7,610

Best ever in a state: #312 in Kansas, 1994.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Pennsylvania#51951 in 16,244
California#52651 in 7,610
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Denton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 473 spots since 2024 (#3,986#3,513)
  • 488 spots since 2020 (#3,025#3,513)
  • 1,084 spots since 2015 (#2,429#3,513)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1942 (#1,004#795)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1951 (#918#1,195)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1942–1946
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,529
  • Highest: 1 in 12,529 boys born in 1897 were named Denton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #706 in 1881, was only 1 in 14,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Denton (670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#706 (1881)#812
1890s9#725 (1897)#725
1900s10#877 (1908)#877
1910s273#1,003 (1914)#1,084
1920s389#1,023 (1922)#1,154
1930s408#888 (1939)#1,023
1940s471#795 (1942)#986
1950s423#918 (1950)#1,158
1960s359#1,121 (1963)#1,314
1970s397#1,109 (1971)#1,421
1980s516#1,228 (1984)#1,374
1990s670#1,218 (1994)#1,497
2000s527#1,653 (2000)#2,272
2010s478#2,278 (2013)#2,616
2020s200#3,025 (2020)#3,469

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.

Denton in 1930

boys
#1,069
42 births · 1 in 26,128 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,069Denton42
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 26,128 of them was named Denton, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denton
  1. #1,053Reyes43
  2. #1,053Verl43
  3. #1,053Vivian43
  4. #1,069Denton42
  5. #1,069Allyn42
  6. #1,069Arvel42
  7. #1,069Bailey42
  8. #1,080Bart41
  9. #1,080Clemens41
  10. #1,080Dickie41

Tied with 10 names at #1,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930