Boys' name · since 1881
Denton
Denton has 5,143 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,752 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,143
- born since 1881
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Denton is the #3516 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,143 recorded since 1881.
Denton has 5,143 recorded births among boys since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3516 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #1,752 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,516 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,143 born since 1881
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denton ranks #1,752 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,516 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,143 born since 1881, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,752 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,516 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,143
- born since 1881
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denton's 5,143 recorded births place it above 96.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Denton compares
5,143 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Denton's all-time total is 14x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Denton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,143 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 34 | 22,252 |
Denton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denton's full recorded timeline at 1966, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1888, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 89 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Denton by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (670 births, 13% of the file).
1990s was Denton's strongest decade.
670 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Denton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 13
1880s
13 births
- 1890s 9
1890s
9 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
273 births
- 1920s
1920s
389 births
- 1930s
1930s
408 births
- 1940s
1940s
471 births
- 1950s
1950s
423 births
- 1960s
1960s
359 births
- 1970s
1970s
397 births
- 1980s
1980s
516 births
- 1990s
1990s
670 births
- 2000s
2000s
527 births
- 2010s
2010s
478 births
- 2020s 200
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 670 births (13% of all-time use).
How Denton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Denton's total volume
Denton by state
Where Denton concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 363 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 150 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 123 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 95 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 30 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 27 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 22 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 17 | 0.3% |
363 of 5,143 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Denton appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Denton's data
- Denton's decade-level peak was the 1990s (670 total births); usage has since declined to 200 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dentons (363 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Denton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Denton 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.