Dencil — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dencil

The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Dencil between 1916 and 1977, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dencil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dencil performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dencil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dencil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dencil 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 274 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.