Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Denison

#18,207 most common boys' name of all time · #47,677 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2019

Rank among boys
#18,207
Rank overall
#47,677 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
64
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1944 #3,057
Best rank
#3,057 1944
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Denison first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2019 — 5 5 #12,311
2011 — 6 6 #10,962
2008 — 6 6 #11,187
2004 — 5 5 #11,530
2003 — 5 5 #11,093
2001 — 5 5 #10,745
1993 — 5 5 #8,912
1978 — 5 5 #5,998
1944 — 7 7 #3,057
1941 — 5 5 #3,853
1933 — 5 5 #3,991
1916 — 5 5 #4,351