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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Denzil is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#159 · 1 in 956
- Kentucky#282 · 1 in 2,279
- Missouri#282 · 1 in 2,536
- Indiana#317 · 1 in 4,256
- Illinois#487 · 1 in 9,861
Best ever in a state: #111 in West Virginia, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #159 | 14 | 1 in 956 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 10 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Missouri | #282 | 10 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Indiana | #317 | 5 | 1 in 4,256 |
| Illinois | #487 | 5 | 1 in 9,861 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Denzil, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,817Zofia7
- #3,817Zoila7
- #3,817Zuma7
- #4,251Denzil6
- #4,251Adalee6
- #4,251Addis6
- #4,251Adelheid6
- #4,814Abie5
- #4,814Adamae5
- #4,814Adie5
Tied with 562 names at #4,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 14,629 of them was named Denzil, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).