Unisex name · since 2002
Denym
Denym has 431 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 431
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Denym currently ranks #2990 among unisex names in America, with 431 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denym has been recorded 431 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #2990 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #12,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,990 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 431 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denym ranks #12,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,990 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 431 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 431
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Denym's 431 recorded births place it above 82.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Denym compares
431 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Denym's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Denym | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 431 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Denym's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Denym splits its recorded history at 2015: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Denym popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Denym popularity over time - boys
343 total births recorded since 2002 (Denym as boys' name)
Denym by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (234 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Denym's strongest decade.
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Denym births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
157 births
- 2020s
2020s
234 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 234 births (54% of all-time use).
Denym by state
Where Denym concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 28 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 23 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.2% |
28 of 431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Denyms (28 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Denym: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Denym 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.