Denise
#102 most common girls' name of all time · #194 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#102
Rank overall
#194 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
374,789
Since 2016
1,876
Peak year
1961 #30
Best rank
#23 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 15,422/yr
Denise first appears in 1882. 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 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,674 |
| 2024 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,896 |
| 2023 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,462 |
| 2022 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,388 |
| 2021 | 192 | 5 | 197 | #1,225 |
| 2020 | 307 | — | 307 | #876 |
| 2019 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,385 |
| 2018 | 239 | — | 239 | #1,066 |
| 2017 | 217 | — | 217 | #1,143 |
| 2016 | 210 | — | 210 | #1,190 |
| 2015 | 270 | — | 270 | #1,000 |
| 2014 | 359 | — | 359 | #781 |
| 2013 | 359 | — | 359 | #756 |
| 2012 | 411 | — | 411 | #686 |
| 2011 | 473 | — | 473 | #610 |
| 2010 | 619 | — | 619 | #488 |
| 2009 | 692 | — | 692 | #450 |
| 2008 | 897 | — | 897 | #365 |
| 2007 | 881 | — | 881 | #371 |
| 2006 | 853 | — | 853 | #380 |
| 2005 | 918 | — | 918 | #342 |
| 2004 | 894 | — | 894 | #354 |
| 2003 | 957 | — | 957 | #326 |
| 2002 | 957 | 6 | 963 | #321 |
| 2001 | 1,050 | 11 | 1,061 | #298 |
| 2000 | 963 | 6 | 969 | #329 |
| 1999 | 965 | — | 965 | #322 |
| 1998 | 999 | — | 999 | #303 |
| 1997 | 1,074 | 6 | 1,080 | #271 |
| 1996 | 1,230 | 5 | 1,235 | #229 |
| 1995 | 1,301 | 9 | 1,310 | #216 |
| 1994 | 1,391 | 12 | 1,403 | #212 |
| 1993 | 1,458 | 12 | 1,470 | #201 |
| 1992 | 1,628 | 18 | 1,646 | #188 |
| 1991 | 1,746 | 11 | 1,757 | #172 |
| 1990 | 1,955 | 18 | 1,973 | #152 |
| 1989 | 2,034 | 19 | 2,053 | #145 |
| 1988 | 2,064 | 14 | 2,078 | #139 |
| 1987 | 2,104 | 21 | 2,125 | #132 |
| 1986 | 2,205 | 21 | 2,226 | #128 |
| 1985 | 2,433 | 21 | 2,454 | #120 |
| 1984 | 2,461 | 20 | 2,481 | #115 |
| 1983 | 2,570 | 24 | 2,594 | #109 |
| 1982 | 2,896 | 19 | 2,915 | #100 |
| 1981 | 3,201 | 27 | 3,228 | #96 |
| 1980 | 3,145 | 19 | 3,164 | #95 |
| 1979 | 3,267 | 19 | 3,286 | #92 |
| 1978 | 3,519 | 16 | 3,535 | #85 |
| 1977 | 3,681 | 9 | 3,690 | #78 |
| 1976 | 3,986 | 26 | 4,012 | #69 |
| 1975 | 4,461 | 16 | 4,477 | #64 |
| 1974 | 5,395 | 28 | 5,423 | #53 |
| 1973 | 6,615 | 28 | 6,643 | #38 |
| 1972 | 7,382 | 25 | 7,407 | #35 |
| 1971 | 8,219 | 43 | 8,262 | #36 |
| 1970 | 9,343 | 33 | 9,376 | #36 |
| 1969 | 9,798 | 43 | 9,841 | #35 |
| 1968 | 9,877 | 41 | 9,918 | #35 |
| 1967 | 11,078 | 43 | 11,121 | #34 |
| 1966 | 11,797 | 49 | 11,846 | #32 |
| 1965 | 13,036 | 49 | 13,085 | #28 |
| 1964 | 14,726 | 55 | 14,781 | #25 |
| 1963 | 14,092 | 52 | 14,144 | #27 |
| 1962 | 13,975 | 47 | 14,022 | #30 |
| 1961 | 15,379 | 43 | 15,422 | #30 |
| 1960 | 15,066 | 35 | 15,101 | #29 |
| 1959 | 14,662 | 53 | 14,715 | #29 |
| 1958 | 14,959 | 56 | 15,015 | #27 |
| 1957 | 15,145 | 41 | 15,186 | #25 |
| 1956 | 14,509 | 28 | 14,537 | #23 |
| 1955 | 14,560 | 32 | 14,592 | #23 |
| 1954 | 13,716 | 37 | 13,753 | #24 |
| 1953 | 11,950 | 20 | 11,970 | #31 |
| 1952 | 11,652 | 21 | 11,673 | #33 |
| 1951 | 8,116 | 27 | 8,143 | #48 |
| 1950 | 4,514 | 6 | 4,520 | #82 |
| 1949 | 2,236 | 6 | 2,242 | #140 |
| 1948 | 1,930 | 5 | 1,935 | #147 |
| 1947 | 1,699 | 6 | 1,705 | #170 |
| 1946 | 1,585 | — | 1,585 | #169 |
| 1945 | 633 | — | 633 | #273 |
| 1944 | 444 | — | 444 | #322 |
| 1943 | 462 | — | 462 | #329 |
| 1942 | 444 | — | 444 | #328 |
| 1941 | 346 | — | 346 | #358 |
| 1940 | 326 | — | 326 | #362 |
| 1939 | 260 | 5 | 265 | #421 |
| 1938 | 236 | — | 236 | #437 |
| 1937 | 255 | — | 255 | #404 |
| 1936 | 200 | — | 200 | #453 |
| 1935 | 157 | — | 157 | #511 |
| 1934 | 125 | — | 125 | #580 |
| 1933 | 111 | — | 111 | #617 |
| 1932 | 117 | — | 117 | #610 |
| 1931 | 102 | — | 102 | #658 |
| 1930 | 83 | — | 83 | #773 |
| 1929 | 107 | — | 107 | #680 |
| 1928 | 88 | — | 88 | #761 |
| 1927 | 78 | — | 78 | #836 |
| 1926 | 60 | — | 60 | #965 |
| 1925 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,083 |
| 1924 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,088 |
| 1923 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,116 |
| 1922 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,033 |
| 1921 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,281 |
| 1920 | 61 | — | 61 | #933 |
| 1919 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,495 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,545 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,386 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,364 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,447 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,316 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,430 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,559 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,522 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,971 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,807 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,908 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,690 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,782 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,582 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,708 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,642 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,648 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,606 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,397 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,075 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #987 |