Denzil
Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,550 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 96 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,775since 1897
Denzil over time
Rank among boys' names. Denzil has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,766 | 26 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,412 | 30 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,426 | 30 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,259 | 38 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,388 | 33 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,182 | 43 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,204 | 41 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,039 | 52 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #972 | 52 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,123 | 40 | |
| 1949 | — | #808 | 72 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #900 | 60 | |
| 1946 | — | #838 | 62 | |
| 1945 | — | #817 | 58 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #837 | 62 | |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #951 | 45 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #683 | 78 | |
| 1937 | — | #588 | 96 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #844 | 55 | |
| 1934 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1933 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1932 | — | #739 | 71 | |
| 1931 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #743 | 74 |
| 1927 | — | #805 | 68 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #851 | 61 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #687 | 88 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #843 | 67 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #766 | 74 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #790 | 67 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #809 | 65 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #765 | 67 |
| 1916 | — | #864 | 53 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #906 | 47 |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Denzil! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Denzil
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1914 (#1,205 → #855)
- Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,268)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1937 at #588 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1914–1929
- Highest: 1 in 11,111 boys born in 1937 were named Denzil (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 18.5% of all boys named Denzil (698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,089 |
| 1900s | 40 | #877 (1908) | #1,015 |
| 1910s | 384 | #765 (1917) | #932 |
| 1920s | 698 | #687 (1923) | #795 |
| 1930s | 668 | #588 (1937) | #768 |
| 1940s | 543 | #808 (1949) | #912 |
| 1950s | 453 | #972 (1951) | #1,113 |
| 1960s | 276 | #1,259 (1962) | #1,536 |
| 1970s | 207 | #1,658 (1970) | #2,161 |
| 1980s | 128 | #2,729 (1980) | #3,586 |
| 1990s | 203 | #2,412 (1992) | #3,863 |
| 2000s | 107 | #4,815 (2003) | #6,954 |
| 2010s | 52 | #7,491 (2015) | #9,496 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,605 |
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.
Denzil in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 16,794 of them was named Denzil, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #856Lafayette54
- #856Margaret54
- #856Miller54
- #864Denzil53
- #864Garth53
- #864Junious53
- #864Ocie53
- #877Burdette52
- #877Cliff52
- #877Glendon52
Tied with 12 names at #864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.