Denis
Denis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 103 births. Its best rank was 277th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1030.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1952618 births
- Best rank
- #277in 1952
- Since 1880
- 21,503people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,636 boys have been named Denis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 618 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 91 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 867 girls have also been given it, 4.0% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Denis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | |
| 1890s | 68 | |
| 1900s | 55 | |
| 1910s | 300 | |
| 1920s | 616 | |
| 1930s | 1,649 | |
| 1940s | 3,713 | |
| 1950s | 4,951 | |
| 1960s | 2,755 | |
| 1970s | 1,398 | |
| 1980s | 1,025 | |
| 1990s | 1,062 | |
| 2000s | 1,364 | |
| 2010s | 1,094 | |
| 2020s | 505 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Denis was the 277th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1952 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Denis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Danniepeak 1953
- Rogerpeak 1953
- Tommypeak 1947
- Rodgerpeak 1949
- Sammypeak 1947
- Allanpeak 1947
- Donniepeak 1952
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.