Boys' name · since 1967
Deny
140 babies named Deny in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 140
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deny is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 140 have been recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Deny recorded 140 times among boys since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2012.
- #15,209 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 140 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deny ranks #15,209 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 140
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deny's 140 recorded births place it above 66.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deny splits its recorded history at 2001: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2012
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Deny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Deny's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Deny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Deny's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1967–2012 (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 Deny 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.