Boys' name · since 1928
Dennard
154 babies named Dennard in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 154
- born since 1928
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dennard is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 154 have been recorded since 1928.
Dennard has 154 recorded births among boys since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1993.
- #14,560 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 154 born since 1928
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dennard ranks #14,560 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1928, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,560 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 154
- born since 1928
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dennard's 154 recorded births place it above 67.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dennard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dennard's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dennard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1993
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Dennard by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Dennard's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Dennard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Dennard's decade-level peak was the 1980s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dennard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1928–1993 (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 Dennard 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.