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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

girls
#4,185
29 births · 1 in 62,622 girls
boys
#893
175 births · 1 in 11,223 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #4,185Denver29

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #893Denver175
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 62,622 of them was named Denver, which outranked 76.3% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #4,079Yocelin30
  2. #4,079Zarina30
  3. #4,079Zoria30
  4. #4,185Denver29
  5. #4,185Abbagail29
  6. #4,185Aime29
  7. #4,185Ajla29
  8. #4,291Acadia28
  9. #4,291Adelia28
  10. #4,291Adi28

Tied with 105 names at #4,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 11,223 of them was named Denver, which outranked 92.6% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #890Matteo176
  2. #890Prince176
  3. #890Rickey176
  4. #893Denver175
  5. #893Deion175
  6. #895Benito174
  7. #895London174
  8. #895Samson174

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000