Boys' name · since 1984
Denarius
Denarius has 363 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,049 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denarius currently ranks #11049 among boys' names in America, with 363 babies recorded since 1984.
Denarius has 363 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11049 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #9,552 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,049 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 363 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denarius ranks #9,552 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,049 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 363 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,552 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,049 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denarius's 363 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
How Denarius compares
363 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Denarius's all-time total is 2% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Denarius | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 363 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Denarius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Denarius's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Denarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Denarius by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (134 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Denarius's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Denarius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
134 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 134 births (37% of all-time use).
Denarius by state
Where Denarius concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 24 | 6.6% |
24 of 363 births nationwide.
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What to do with Denarius's data
- Denarius's decade-level peak was the 1990s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Denariuss (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Denarius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Denarius draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.