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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 165,376 of them was named Denzil, which outranked 30.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,512Zenith8
- #3,512Zenna8
- #3,512Zonia8
- #3,869Denzil7
- #3,869Aaron7
- #3,869Adrianna7
- #3,869Aileene7
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
Tied with 421 names at #3,869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 15,592 of them was named Denzil, which outranked 83.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).