Denver

#836 for girls in 2025, 326 births · #518 for boys in 2025, 578 births
Given to boys 81.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1925 · 203 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
19,178
since 1880

Denver over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #422, 1925girlsat peakboys
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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#836326#518578
2024#780362#488633
2023#782360#510590
2022#861323#479645
2021#778365#508579
2020#896295#526542
2019#890300#636423
2018#1,035249#675370
2017#1,138218#820274
2016#1,320181#839269
2015#1,239197#897242
2014#1,692124#1,054188
2013#2,25982#1,119162
2012#2,67966#1,249141
2011#2,90959#1,229142
2010#3,51645#1,331128
2009#3,46047#1,314132
2008#3,37749#1,095169
2007#3,65344#1,197147
2006#3,79540#1,154146
2005#4,70428#1,093151
2004#4,49230#1,163134
2003#4,10932#1,007157
2002#3,88933#1,049146
2001#3,78534#944164
2000#4,18529#893175
1999#3,14841#761210
1998#4,36625#783196
1997#6,48314#869161
1996#5,06519#902146
1995#6,25714#862157
1994#5,71316#853158
1993#7,03812#992120
1992#6,65213#987119
1991#13,1475#987118
1990#11,4096#1,000111
1989#8,0379#1,08294
1988#7,6919#98397
1987#11,3255#896109
1986#7,7498#880106
1985#94693
1984#7,3988#90095
1983#10,2755#848106
1982#9,2376#813118
1981#818115
1980#878103
1979#6,6969#789120
1978#798113
1977#816109
1976#8,1566#786111
1975#5,9849#750123
1974#796101
1973#83990
1972#82694
1971#8,3245#797102
1970#86986
1969#79096
1968#77392
1967#74298
1966#77488
1965#83178
1964#692124
1963#77397
1962#750103
1961#762102
1960#748106
1959#712116
1958#688120
1957#738103
1956#672129
1955#642135
1954#664118
1953#621134
1952#591140
1951#525169
1950#4,7386#595131
1949#535154
1948#523160
1947#504177
1946#497168
1945#490152
1944#543126
1943#521144
1942#496154
1941#535121
1940#483142
1939#495135
1938#499136
1937#437167
1936#3,7016#482137
1935#427172
1934#513128
1933#475140
1932#465153
1931#529120
1930#511136
1929#467157
1928#4,1956#480161
1927#4,8055#435194
1926#473161
1925#4,9735#422203
1924#5,0615#481165
1923#457178
1922#4,4456#468174
1921#4,4646#442193
1920#4,9755#441189
1919#422193
1918#4,8095#548120
1917#465150
1916#4,4175#528117
1915#3,7956#450148
1914#52887
1913#2,5407#50374
1912#53256
1911#68921
1910#59823
1909#63618
1908#63217
1907#55919
1906#1,0047
1905#63614
1904#61214
1903#7839
1902#58314
1901#63711
1900#69913
1899#66110
1898#8048
1897#9426
1896
1895#60912
1894#9546
1893
1892
1891
1890#6679
1889#7897
1888
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Denver was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Denver
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#488#518)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#526#518)
  • 379 spots since 2015 (#897#518)
  • Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1907 (#1,004#559)
  • Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1906 (#636#1,004)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1925 at #422 (203 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 120 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1907–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,707
  • Highest: 1 in 2,707 boys born in 2022 were named Denver (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,955 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #422 in 1925, was only 1 in 5,497 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 18.6% of all boys named Denver (3,567) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#789 (1889)#839
1890s51#609 (1895)#773
1900s136#559 (1907)#678
1910s989#422 (1919)#526
1920s1,775#422 (1925)#457
1930s1,424#427 (1935)#483
1940s1,498#483 (1940)#513
1950s1,295#525 (1951)#645
1960s984#692 (1964)#764
1970s1,049#750 (1975)#807
1980s1,036#813 (1982)#904
1990s1,496#761 (1999)#900
2000s1,521#893 (2000)#1,091
2010s2,339#636 (2019)#985
2020s3,567#479 (2022)#505

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.

Denver in 1922

girls
#4,445
6 births · 1 in 200,167 girls
boys
#468
174 births · 1 in 6,254 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #4,445Denver6

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #468Denver174
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 200,167 of them was named Denver, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #4,011Zana7
  2. #4,011Zenaida7
  3. #4,011Zoie7
  4. #4,445Denver6
  5. #4,445Aaron6
  6. #4,445Acie6
  7. #4,445Adalaide6
  8. #5,009Abelina5
  9. #5,009Adair5
  10. #5,009Adalia5

Tied with 563 names at #4,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,254 of them was named Denver, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #464Orlando179
  2. #466Abe176
  3. #467Gail175
  4. #468Denver174
  5. #469Roberto172
  6. #470Hal171
  7. #470Hoyt171
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922