Denis
#795 most common boys' name of all time · #1,798 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#795
Rank overall
#1,798 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
141 of 146
All-time
21,606
Since 2016
1,061
Peak year
1952 #277
Best rank
#277 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 625/yr
Denis is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 95 | 101 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 8 | 103 | 111 | #1,641 |
| 2023 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,550 |
| 2022 | 7 | 102 | 109 | #1,680 |
| 2021 | 10 | 92 | 102 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 24 | 95 | 119 | #1,673 |
| 2019 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,421 |
| 2018 | 5 | 90 | 95 | #1,724 |
| 2017 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,663 |
| 2016 | 5 | 88 | 93 | #1,755 |
| 2015 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,503 |
| 2014 | 6 | 102 | 108 | #1,560 |
| 2013 | 9 | 120 | 129 | #1,399 |
| 2012 | 7 | 124 | 131 | #1,359 |
| 2011 | 13 | 117 | 130 | #1,413 |
| 2010 | 18 | 125 | 143 | #1,359 |
| 2009 | 25 | 144 | 169 | #1,242 |
| 2008 | 34 | 132 | 166 | #1,320 |
| 2007 | 27 | 158 | 185 | #1,132 |
| 2006 | 28 | 158 | 186 | #1,107 |
| 2005 | 28 | 141 | 169 | #1,143 |
| 2004 | 26 | 147 | 173 | #1,083 |
| 2003 | 26 | 144 | 170 | #1,077 |
| 2002 | 25 | 117 | 142 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 17 | 114 | 131 | #1,191 |
| 2000 | 19 | 110 | 129 | #1,220 |
| 1999 | 11 | 99 | 110 | #1,252 |
| 1998 | 14 | 110 | 124 | #1,135 |
| 1997 | 12 | 105 | 117 | #1,163 |
| 1996 | 22 | 102 | 124 | #1,158 |
| 1995 | 9 | 105 | 114 | #1,110 |
| 1994 | 16 | 95 | 111 | #1,172 |
| 1993 | 19 | 101 | 120 | #1,121 |
| 1992 | 22 | 113 | 135 | #1,029 |
| 1991 | 15 | 121 | 136 | #967 |
| 1990 | 14 | 111 | 125 | #1,000 |
| 1989 | 15 | 115 | 130 | #952 |
| 1988 | 5 | 88 | 93 | #1,060 |
| 1987 | 16 | 101 | 117 | #940 |
| 1986 | 9 | 111 | 120 | #861 |
| 1985 | 11 | 98 | 109 | #918 |
| 1984 | 7 | 79 | 86 | #1,000 |
| 1983 | 6 | 99 | 105 | #884 |
| 1982 | 12 | 86 | 98 | #969 |
| 1981 | 15 | 125 | 140 | #781 |
| 1980 | 15 | 123 | 138 | #789 |
| 1979 | 7 | 108 | 115 | #835 |
| 1978 | 6 | 107 | 113 | #826 |
| 1977 | 8 | 129 | 137 | #751 |
| 1976 | 14 | 138 | 152 | #712 |
| 1975 | 7 | 122 | 129 | #755 |
| 1974 | — | 134 | 134 | #710 |
| 1973 | 7 | 131 | 138 | #700 |
| 1972 | 5 | 158 | 163 | #626 |
| 1971 | 8 | 169 | 177 | #633 |
| 1970 | 10 | 202 | 212 | #570 |
| 1969 | 7 | 200 | 207 | #556 |
| 1968 | 10 | 224 | 234 | #505 |
| 1967 | 12 | 212 | 224 | #515 |
| 1966 | 9 | 273 | 282 | #461 |
| 1965 | 5 | 270 | 275 | #474 |
| 1964 | — | 275 | 275 | #477 |
| 1963 | 7 | 302 | 309 | #455 |
| 1962 | 6 | 326 | 332 | #439 |
| 1961 | 7 | 310 | 317 | #460 |
| 1960 | 11 | 363 | 374 | #416 |
| 1959 | 6 | 374 | 380 | #411 |
| 1958 | 5 | 409 | 414 | #387 |
| 1957 | 9 | 389 | 398 | #388 |
| 1956 | 6 | 493 | 499 | #336 |
| 1955 | 5 | 491 | 496 | #334 |
| 1954 | 9 | 574 | 583 | #297 |
| 1953 | 6 | 583 | 589 | #291 |
| 1952 | 7 | 618 | 625 | #277 |
| 1951 | — | 541 | 541 | #296 |
| 1950 | 6 | 481 | 487 | #312 |
| 1949 | — | 393 | 393 | #339 |
| 1948 | 6 | 428 | 434 | #323 |
| 1947 | — | 496 | 496 | #309 |
| 1946 | 6 | 448 | 454 | #308 |
| 1945 | 5 | 327 | 332 | #329 |
| 1944 | — | 312 | 312 | #337 |
| 1943 | — | 343 | 343 | #330 |
| 1942 | 6 | 392 | 398 | #311 |
| 1941 | — | 302 | 302 | #332 |
| 1940 | — | 272 | 272 | #345 |
| 1939 | — | 296 | 296 | #317 |
| 1938 | 7 | 242 | 249 | #358 |
| 1937 | — | 198 | 198 | #393 |
| 1936 | — | 166 | 166 | #434 |
| 1935 | — | 170 | 170 | #430 |
| 1934 | — | 143 | 143 | #476 |
| 1933 | — | 146 | 146 | #458 |
| 1932 | — | 102 | 102 | #587 |
| 1931 | — | 97 | 97 | #600 |
| 1930 | — | 88 | 88 | #663 |
| 1929 | — | 72 | 72 | #745 |
| 1928 | — | 69 | 69 | #781 |
| 1927 | — | 74 | 74 | #764 |
| 1926 | — | 82 | 82 | #702 |
| 1925 | — | 68 | 68 | #803 |
| 1924 | — | 58 | 58 | #919 |
| 1923 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,027 |
| 1922 | — | 54 | 54 | #951 |
| 1921 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1920 | — | 48 | 48 | #990 |
| 1919 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,193 |
| 1918 | — | 48 | 48 | #967 |
| 1917 | — | 47 | 47 | #935 |
| 1916 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,045 |
| 1915 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,041 |
| 1914 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,025 |
| 1913 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,118 |
| 1912 | — | 22 | 22 | #977 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #994 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,132 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,300 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,045 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,030 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #943 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #899 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,085 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #715 |
| 1898 | — | 11 | 11 | #677 |
| 1896 | — | 10 | 10 | #741 |
| 1895 | — | 12 | 12 | #624 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #989 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #846 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #713 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #994 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #829 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #899 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #835 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #702 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #779 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #659 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #876 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #741 |
| 1882 | — | 12 | 12 | #562 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #622 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #611 |