Denise — #1892 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Denise

The Social Security Administration has registered 373,296 babies named Denise between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denise currently holds the #1892 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 15,381 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denise performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 128,823 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Denise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46,918 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Denise in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denise 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 373,296 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.