Denis — #1636 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Denis

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,636 babies named Denis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denis currently holds the #1636 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 618 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denis performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,951 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Denis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,658 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Denis in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denis 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 20,636 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.