Unisex name · since 1964
Dennell
Dennell has 28 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dennell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 28 have been recorded since 1964.
Dennell has 28 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1970.
- #41,688 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1964
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dennell ranks #41,688 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1964, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dennell's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dennell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dennell splits its recorded history at 1968: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dennell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1970
- Peak year (1968)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Dennell popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1990 (Dennell as boys' name)
Dennell by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (22 births, 79% of the file).
1960s was Dennell's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Dennell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Dennell's decade-level peak was the 1960s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- 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 Dennell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1964–1970 (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 Dennell 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.