Denver
#836 for girls in 2025, 326 births · #518 for boys in 2025, 578 births
Given to boys 81.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 203 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,178since 1880
Denver over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #836 | 326 | #518 | 578 |
| 2024 | #780 | 362 | #488 | 633 |
| 2023 | #782 | 360 | #510 | 590 |
| 2022 | #861 | 323 | #479 | 645 |
| 2021 | #778 | 365 | #508 | 579 |
| 2020 | #896 | 295 | #526 | 542 |
| 2019 | #890 | 300 | #636 | 423 |
| 2018 | #1,035 | 249 | #675 | 370 |
| 2017 | #1,138 | 218 | #820 | 274 |
| 2016 | #1,320 | 181 | #839 | 269 |
| 2015 | #1,239 | 197 | #897 | 242 |
| 2014 | #1,692 | 124 | #1,054 | 188 |
| 2013 | #2,259 | 82 | #1,119 | 162 |
| 2012 | #2,679 | 66 | #1,249 | 141 |
| 2011 | #2,909 | 59 | #1,229 | 142 |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | #1,331 | 128 |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 | #1,314 | 132 |
| 2008 | #3,377 | 49 | #1,095 | 169 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 | #1,197 | 147 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | #1,154 | 146 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #1,093 | 151 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 | #1,163 | 134 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | #1,007 | 157 |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | #1,049 | 146 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | #944 | 164 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #893 | 175 |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | #761 | 210 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #783 | 196 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #869 | 161 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #902 | 146 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #862 | 157 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #853 | 158 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #992 | 120 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #987 | 119 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #987 | 118 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #1,000 | 111 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #1,082 | 94 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #983 | 97 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #896 | 109 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #880 | 106 |
| 1985 | — | #946 | 93 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #900 | 95 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #848 | 106 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #813 | 118 |
| 1981 | — | #818 | 115 | |
| 1980 | — | #878 | 103 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #789 | 120 |
| 1978 | — | #798 | 113 | |
| 1977 | — | #816 | 109 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #786 | 111 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #750 | 123 |
| 1974 | — | #796 | 101 | |
| 1973 | — | #839 | 90 | |
| 1972 | — | #826 | 94 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #797 | 102 |
| 1970 | — | #869 | 86 | |
| 1969 | — | #790 | 96 | |
| 1968 | — | #773 | 92 | |
| 1967 | — | #742 | 98 | |
| 1966 | — | #774 | 88 | |
| 1965 | — | #831 | 78 | |
| 1964 | — | #692 | 124 | |
| 1963 | — | #773 | 97 | |
| 1962 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1961 | — | #762 | 102 | |
| 1960 | — | #748 | 106 | |
| 1959 | — | #712 | 116 | |
| 1958 | — | #688 | 120 | |
| 1957 | — | #738 | 103 | |
| 1956 | — | #672 | 129 | |
| 1955 | — | #642 | 135 | |
| 1954 | — | #664 | 118 | |
| 1953 | — | #621 | 134 | |
| 1952 | — | #591 | 140 | |
| 1951 | — | #525 | 169 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #595 | 131 |
| 1949 | — | #535 | 154 | |
| 1948 | — | #523 | 160 | |
| 1947 | — | #504 | 177 | |
| 1946 | — | #497 | 168 | |
| 1945 | — | #490 | 152 | |
| 1944 | — | #543 | 126 | |
| 1943 | — | #521 | 144 | |
| 1942 | — | #496 | 154 | |
| 1941 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1940 | — | #483 | 142 | |
| 1939 | — | #495 | 135 | |
| 1938 | — | #499 | 136 | |
| 1937 | — | #437 | 167 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #482 | 137 |
| 1935 | — | #427 | 172 | |
| 1934 | — | #513 | 128 | |
| 1933 | — | #475 | 140 | |
| 1932 | — | #465 | 153 | |
| 1931 | — | #529 | 120 | |
| 1930 | — | #511 | 136 | |
| 1929 | — | #467 | 157 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #480 | 161 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #435 | 194 |
| 1926 | — | #473 | 161 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #422 | 203 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #481 | 165 |
| 1923 | — | #457 | 178 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #468 | 174 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #442 | 193 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #441 | 189 |
| 1919 | — | #422 | 193 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #548 | 120 |
| 1917 | — | #465 | 150 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #528 | 117 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #450 | 148 |
| 1914 | — | #528 | 87 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #503 | 74 |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1925 at #422 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1907–1988
- 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
- 18.6% of all boys named Denver (3,567) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #789 (1889) | #839 |
| 1890s | 51 | #609 (1895) | #773 |
| 1900s | 136 | #559 (1907) | #678 |
| 1910s | 989 | #422 (1919) | #526 |
| 1920s | 1,775 | #422 (1925) | #457 |
| 1930s | 1,424 | #427 (1935) | #483 |
| 1940s | 1,498 | #483 (1940) | #513 |
| 1950s | 1,295 | #525 (1951) | #645 |
| 1960s | 984 | #692 (1964) | #764 |
| 1970s | 1,049 | #750 (1975) | #807 |
| 1980s | 1,036 | #813 (1982) | #904 |
| 1990s | 1,496 | #761 (1999) | #900 |
| 2000s | 1,521 | #893 (2000) | #1,091 |
| 2010s | 2,339 | #636 (2019) | #985 |
| 2020s | 3,567 | #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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 5,595 of them was named Denver, which outranked 95.1% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 4,242 of them was named Denver, which outranked 95.5% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.