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
#422
1925 · 203 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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
all girlsall boys
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 1993

girls
#7,038
12 births · 1 in 150,756 girls
boys
#992
120 births · 1 in 16,344 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #7,038Denver12

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #992Denver120
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 150,756 of them was named Denver, which outranked 55.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #6,622Yanique13
  2. #6,622Yulissa13
  3. #6,622Zakiyah13
  4. #7,038Denver12
  5. #7,038Aesha12
  6. #7,038Airika12
  7. #7,038Aishia12
  8. #7,498Adaline11
  9. #7,498Adelene11
  10. #7,498Ai11

Tied with 459 names at #7,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 16,344 of them was named Denver, which outranked 90.2% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #983Torrey121
  2. #983Unknown121
  3. #983Wallace121
  4. #992Denver120
  5. #992Davante120
  6. #992Giancarlo120
  7. #992Kalvin120
  8. #1,000Aurelio119
  9. #1,000Dakoda119
  10. #1,000Genaro119

Tied with 7 names at #992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →