Denny — #4419 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Denny

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,391 babies named Denny between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denny currently holds the #4419 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 440 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denny performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 3,011 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Denny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,688 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Denny in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denny 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 15,391 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.