Denton
#3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,143since 1881
Denton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Denton has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #3,177 | 38 |
| 2022 | #3,100 | 39 |
| 2021 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2016 | #2,838 | 42 |
| 2015 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,278 | 56 |
| 2012 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #1,994 | 67 |
| 2005 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #2,019 | 54 |
| 2001 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #1,653 | 70 |
| 1999 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #1,666 | 62 |
| 1997 | #1,438 | 75 |
| 1996 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #1,275 | 84 |
| 1994 | #1,218 | 89 |
| 1993 | #1,340 | 72 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #1,452 | 60 |
| 1989 | #1,327 | 68 |
| 1988 | #1,501 | 50 |
| 1987 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,286 | 57 |
| 1985 | #1,321 | 53 |
| 1984 | #1,228 | 56 |
| 1983 | #1,429 | 44 |
| 1982 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,410 | 45 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #1,546 | 36 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #1,109 | 54 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #1,449 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,360 | 32 |
| 1964 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,229 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,117 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,186 | 42 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,129 | 45 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #918 | 56 |
| 1949 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,014 | 50 |
| 1946 | #925 | 52 |
| 1945 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #991 | 43 |
| 1943 | #956 | 49 |
| 1942 | #795 | 65 |
| 1941 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | #888 | 49 |
| 1938 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #923 | 47 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #1,144 | 33 |
| 1932 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | #997 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,069 | 42 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | #1,161 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,177 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #706 (1881) | #812 |
| 1890s | 9 | #725 (1897) | #725 |
| 1900s | 10 | #877 (1908) | #877 |
| 1910s | 273 | #1,003 (1914) | #1,084 |
| 1920s | 389 | #1,023 (1922) | #1,154 |
| 1930s | 408 | #888 (1939) | #1,023 |
| 1940s | 471 | #795 (1942) | #986 |
| 1950s | 423 | #918 (1950) | #1,158 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,121 (1963) | #1,314 |
| 1970s | 397 | #1,109 (1971) | #1,421 |
| 1980s | 516 | #1,228 (1984) | #1,374 |
| 1990s | 670 | #1,218 (1994) | #1,497 |
| 2000s | 527 | #1,653 (2000) | #2,272 |
| 2010s | 478 | #2,278 (2013) | #2,616 |
| 2020s | 200 | #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 1945
boys
#899
50 births · 1 in 26,917 boys
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 26,917 of them was named Denton, which outranked 76.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).