Denarius — boys' name
363 babies named Denarius in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
363 boys have been named Denarius since 1984, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2025.
- 363
- total births
- 1984–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Denarius was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Denarius in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denarius
The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Denarius between 1984 and 2025, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denarius currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denarius performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Denarius shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Denarius in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denarius in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Denarius at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Denarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1984
- Peak year (1995)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
363 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 20 births in a single year.
Denarius by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 134 births that decade — 37% of Denarius's all-time total
Denarius decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Denarius's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.