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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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——
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1884——
1883——
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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 2005

girls
#4,704
28 births · 1 in 65,994 girls
boys
#1,093
151 births · 1 in 13,227 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #4,704Denver28

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #1,093Denver151
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 65,994 of them was named Denver, which outranked 75.5% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #4,581Yoanna29
  2. #4,581Zinnia29
  3. #4,581Zionna29
  4. #4,704Denver28
  5. #4,704Adelaida28
  6. #4,704Ailene28
  7. #4,704Akyra28
  8. #4,828Adanna27
  9. #4,828Adi27
  10. #4,828Ahuva27

Tied with 123 names at #4,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 13,227 of them was named Denver, which outranked 91.8% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denver
  1. #1,081Mustafa152
  2. #1,081Rick152
  3. #1,081Tre152
  4. #1,093Denver151
  5. #1,093Bishop151
  6. #1,093Bret151
  7. #1,093Dewayne151
  8. #1,100Camilo150
  9. #1,100Jensen150
  10. #1,100Jonatan150

Tied with 6 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →