Denim**
#2,097 most common boys' name of all time · #5,019 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1973–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,097
Rank overall
#5,019 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
3,843
Since 2016
2,318
Peak year
2025 #880
Best rank
#880 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 372/yr
Denim first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | 271 | 372 | #880 |
| 2024 | 89 | 194 | 283 | #1,107 |
| 2023 | 79 | 156 | 235 | #1,246 |
| 2022 | 76 | 154 | 230 | #1,263 |
| 2021 | 70 | 156 | 226 | #1,232 |
| 2020 | 62 | 122 | 184 | #1,420 |
| 2019 | 68 | 130 | 198 | #1,375 |
| 2018 | 78 | 136 | 214 | #1,331 |
| 2017 | 54 | 143 | 197 | #1,274 |
| 2016 | 62 | 117 | 179 | #1,472 |
| 2015 | 49 | 98 | 147 | #1,632 |
| 2014 | 40 | 95 | 135 | #1,634 |
| 2013 | 32 | 97 | 129 | #1,598 |
| 2012 | 36 | 73 | 109 | #1,951 |
| 2011 | 33 | 42 | 75 | #2,830 |
| 2010 | 15 | 87 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2009 | 18 | 79 | 97 | #1,857 |
| 2008 | 20 | 67 | 87 | #2,075 |
| 2007 | 24 | 71 | 95 | #1,986 |
| 2006 | 14 | 74 | 88 | #1,848 |
| 2005 | 20 | 61 | 81 | #2,052 |
| 2004 | 25 | 67 | 92 | #1,845 |
| 2003 | 20 | 55 | 75 | #2,069 |
| 2002 | 15 | 52 | 67 | #2,080 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,508 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,523 |
| 1999 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #6,738 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,889 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,603 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,506 |
| 1995 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #4,965 |
| 1994 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,853 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,707 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,457 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,864 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,889 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,699 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,567 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,520 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,087 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,755 |