Denzil — boys' name

What the Data Says About Denzil

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,775 babies named Denzil between 1897 and 2020, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denzil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denzil performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 698 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Denzil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 782 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Denzil in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denzil 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 3,775 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.