Dennie
Dennie was last recorded in 2012, when 7 babies were given it; 4,537 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2012 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,310 Americans named Dennie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 54 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dennie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dennie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,962, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
114 babies in 1946, the peak
Dennie peaked in 1946, when 114 babies were given it (96 boys, #660 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | under 5 | 7 | #9,962 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 5 | #12,813 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 6 | #10,284 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,379 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 5 | #10,290 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #7,765 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 10 | #5,630 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 9 | #6,032 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #5,971 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 11 | #5,081 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | under 5 | 8 | #6,257 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 15 | #3,851 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 17 | #3,491 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 7 | #6,379 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 23 | #2,529 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 20 | #2,651 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 16 | #3,029 | |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,076 | 26 | #2,134 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,816 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 22 | #2,291 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 17 | #2,734 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 18 | #2,599 | |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,370 | 25 | #2,127 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,837 | 25 | #2,060 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 28 | #1,840 | |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,981 | 27 | #1,871 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,654 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,988 | 33 | #1,563 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,442 | 28 | #1,709 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,834 | 37 | #1,379 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,133 | 39 | #1,349 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,986 | 39 | #1,356 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,509 | 46 | #1,227 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,105 | 68 | #926 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,565 | 51 | #1,037 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,605 | 57 | #957 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,782 | 47 | #1,077 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,411 | 58 | #969 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,703 | 58 | #992 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,828 | 59 | #988 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,632 | 52 | #1,058 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,488 | 64 | #958 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,965 | 61 | #973 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,876 | 84 | #830 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,255 | 87 | #803 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,744 | 61 | #973 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,208 | 73 | #875 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,005 | 87 | #779 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,541 | 72 | #863 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,527 | 62 | #910 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,218 | 69 | #841 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,260 | 80 | #787 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,364 | 68 | #827 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,043 | 68 | #824 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,798 | 65 | #845 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,094 | 84 | #747 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,246 | 96 | #660 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,170 | 76 | #700 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,806 | 69 | #748 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,300 | 77 | #737 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,857 | 69 | #778 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,117 | 53 | #871 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,605 | 54 | #860 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,447 | 63 | #764 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,774 | 62 | #779 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,210 | 45 | #933 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,297 | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1935 | under 5 | 65 | #768 | |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,603 | 43 | #975 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,493 | 32 | #1,166 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,862 | 41 | #1,039 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,612 | 39 | #1,079 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,451 | 31 | #1,286 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,971 | 28 | #1,345 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,300 | 26 | #1,459 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,107 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,918 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,433 | 33 | #1,257 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,098 | 26 | #1,498 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,965 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,823 | 28 | #1,408 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,472 | 34 | #1,255 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,694 | 28 | #1,392 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,383 | 22 | #1,585 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,082 | 35 | #1,180 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,594 | 21 | #1,603 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,528 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,887 | 23 | #1,423 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,831 | 21 | #1,306 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,381 | 11 | #1,706 |
| 1912 | under 5 | 16 | #1,190 | |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,566 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,461 | 5 | #1,430 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,882 | 7 | #1,123 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,789 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,704 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #930 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 7 | #875 | |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,003 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,660 | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,610 | 6 | #967 |
| 1896 | under 5 | 6 | #1,010 | |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,144 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,123 | |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,504 | 5 | #1,104 |
| 1891 | under 5 | 7 | #787 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 8 | #765 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,004 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,334 | 7 | #837 |
| 1887 | under 5 | 5 | #963 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 11 | #579 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #858 | |
| 1884 | 6 | #950 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #819 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 6 | #863 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #899 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dennie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,537 Americans recorded as Dennie, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dennie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dennie, and how old are they?
2,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 51% of the 4,537 Americans ever recorded as Dennie. The median Dennie alive today is 65 years old; half are between 54 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,991 people named Dennie (419 women and girls, 1,572 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,671 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 271 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,070 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 687 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 243 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 35 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dennie born?
The states with the most babies named Dennie are Kentucky, West Virginia and Texas, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and West Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 333 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| West Virginia | 162 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Texas | 89 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 81 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 79 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 63 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 50 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Mississippi | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 29 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Dennie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dennie is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dennie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 24,636 babies since 1880, Dennie is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 none of their 30 babies recorded by SSA was a Dennie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dennie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Rennie | 1,939 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dennie and names like it
- Compare Dennie and DennyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sDennie peaked in 1946.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dennie since 1910.
- The top names of 1946The year the most babies were named Dennie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dennie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.