Dennice — girls' name
299 babies named Dennice in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Dennice was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Dennice in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dennice
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Dennice between 1942 and 2004, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dennice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dennice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dennice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dennice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dennice 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 299 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.
Dennice at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dennice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1942
- Peak year (1956)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
299 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 20 births in a single year.
Dennice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 107 births that decade — 36% of Dennice's all-time total
Dennice decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Dennice's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Dennice by state
Where Dennice concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 7.7% |
23 of 299 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.