Denton
Denton was given to 32 boys in 2025, #3,528 among boys’ names; 5,143 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,500 Americans named Denton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 20 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Denton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Denton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Denton is “a male given name transferred from the place name.” Its etymology gives the senses “valley, den” (denu) and “enclosure; settlement, town” (tūn).
From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
/ˈdɛn.tən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Denton?
#3,528 among boys’ names, 2025
Denton fell from #2,437 in 2015 to #3,528 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 27.1 to 18.7 per million.
89 babies in 1994, the peak
Denton peaked in 1994, when 89 boys were given it, #1,216 among boys’ names. The 32 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,528 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,006 | 15.7 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,186 | 22.2 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,111 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,037 | 14.9 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,032 | 22.0 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,062 | 21.7 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,255 | 19.3 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,354 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,845 | 22.1 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | #2,437 | 27.1 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,548 | 25.0 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,290 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,384 | 27.9 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,382 | 27.9 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,694 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,627 | 23.7 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,596 | 23.5 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,657 | 22.2 |
| 2006 | 67 | #1,994 | 32.6 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,401 | 24.0 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,316 | 24.7 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,681 | 18.7 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,022 | 27.8 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,820 | 31.4 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,652 | 35.6 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,936 | 26.0 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,668 | 32.4 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,438 | 39.8 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,519 | 34.8 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,273 | 44.1 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,216 | 46.1 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,342 | 36.7 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,434 | 32.0 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,700 | 23.8 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,452 | 29.2 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,323 | 34.0 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,500 | 26.1 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,340 | 29.5 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,287 | 31.0 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 | 28.7 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,228 | 31.0 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,430 | 24.5 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,571 | 21.5 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,342 | 27.4 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,415 | 25.2 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,874 | 16.8 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,697 | 19.5 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,548 | 21.9 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,357 | 27.4 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,515 | 22.4 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,393 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,258 | 27.6 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,235 | 27.8 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,114 | 30.5 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,281 | 22.6 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,236 | 22.9 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,482 | 16.1 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,451 | 16.1 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,430 | 16.3 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,363 | 17.2 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,176 | 21.6 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,127 | 23.1 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,429 | 14.5 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,252 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,231 | 19.2 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,119 | 22.5 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,188 | 19.8 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,320 | 16.2 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,131 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,114 | 21.4 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,187 | 19.6 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,312 | 16.7 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,118 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,198 | 19.7 |
| 1950 | 56 | #919 | 31.3 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,032 | 25.9 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,095 | 23.9 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,013 | 27.3 |
| 1946 | 52 | #926 | 32.0 |
| 1945 | 50 | #903 | 37.2 |
| 1944 | 43 | #994 | 31.6 |
| 1943 | 49 | #962 | 34.3 |
| 1942 | 65 | #797 | 47.1 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,008 | 33.4 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,164 | 28.5 |
| 1939 | 49 | #891 | 44.3 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,048 | 34.3 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,023 | 36.6 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,055 | 35.7 |
| 1935 | 47 | #925 | 45.1 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,025 | 38.7 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,149 | 33.3 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,079 | 37.4 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,000 | 42.3 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,072 | 38.3 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,200 | 31.6 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,060 | 38.8 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,062 | 39.0 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,164 | 34.2 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,092 | 36.7 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,466 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,180 | 33.8 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,027 | 44.1 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,235 | 31.8 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,095 | 39.5 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,084 | 40.8 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,083 | 39.5 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,138 | 37.8 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,215 | 33.7 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,107 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,005 | 47.3 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,028 | 46.8 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,068 | 44.2 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,059 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,136 | 46.3 |
| 1908 | 10 | #896 | 64.8 |
| 1897 | 9 | #739 | 79.8 |
| 1888 | 6 | #950 | 49.6 |
| 1881 | 7 | #723 | 69.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Denton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Denton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Denton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Denton, and how old are they?
3,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 5,143 Americans ever recorded as Denton. The median Denton alive today is 35 years old; half are between 20 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 3,586 people named Denton (25 women and girls, 3,561 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,552 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 157 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 532 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 531 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 908 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 850 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 523 |
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 Denton born?
The states with the most babies named Denton are Texas, Pennsylvania and California, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 363 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 150 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 123 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 95 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 27 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kansas | 22 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
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 Denton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Denton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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.
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- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Denton.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Denton alive today were born 1981-1996.
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