Denton — #3976 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Denton

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,111 babies named Denton between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denton currently holds the #3976 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 670 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Denton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 363 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Denton in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denton 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 5,111 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.