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.

Dennis

#52 most common boys' name of all time · #94 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#52
Rank overall
#94 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
623,692
Since 2016
4,552
Peak year
1952 #18
Best rank
#16 1949
Girls Boys peak 24,605/yr
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Dennis 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 381 381 #707
2024 5 376 381 #708
2023 — 427 427 #644
2022 5 423 428 #652
2021 8 385 393 #689
2020 6 414 420 #647
2019 — 510 510 #553
2018 — 497 497 #556
2017 5 516 521 #545
2016 7 587 594 #510
2015 — 592 592 #494
2014 6 578 584 #487
2013 — 625 625 #454
2012 — 661 661 #424
2011 15 685 700 #413
2010 8 726 734 #391
2009 14 845 859 #362
2008 17 833 850 #368
2007 21 968 989 #330
2006 13 1,029 1,042 #313
2005 15 1,040 1,055 #316
2004 25 1,017 1,042 #308
2003 21 1,109 1,130 #282
2002 23 1,081 1,104 #280
2001 17 1,180 1,197 #270
2000 10 1,343 1,353 #251
1999 13 1,340 1,353 #239
1998 13 1,318 1,331 #238
1997 20 1,489 1,509 #209
1996 19 1,540 1,559 #203
1995 13 1,689 1,702 #185
1994 22 1,788 1,810 #177
1993 11 1,964 1,975 #164
1992 14 2,165 2,179 #150
1991 27 2,314 2,341 #138
1990 17 2,494 2,511 #129
1989 21 2,675 2,696 #123
1988 15 2,652 2,667 #117
1987 22 2,756 2,778 #107
1986 30 2,705 2,735 #104
1985 26 2,845 2,871 #103
1984 25 2,953 2,978 #97
1983 31 3,047 3,078 #92
1982 28 3,392 3,420 #87
1981 23 3,634 3,657 #83
1980 28 3,804 3,832 #80
1979 43 4,080 4,123 #75
1978 32 3,861 3,893 #71
1977 45 4,152 4,197 #68
1976 32 4,169 4,201 #66
1975 28 4,730 4,758 #59
1974 32 4,880 4,912 #59
1973 46 5,176 5,222 #56
1972 39 5,608 5,647 #52
1971 30 6,584 6,614 #49
1970 33 7,312 7,345 #46
1969 45 7,357 7,402 #44
1968 31 7,403 7,434 #45
1967 40 7,636 7,676 #43
1966 33 7,786 7,819 #44
1965 37 8,215 8,252 #44
1964 42 9,327 9,369 #42
1963 41 9,821 9,862 #39
1962 52 10,633 10,685 #37
1961 46 12,503 12,549 #34
1960 54 14,303 14,357 #31
1959 60 16,043 16,103 #29
1958 54 16,418 16,472 #29
1957 61 16,917 16,978 #28
1956 55 18,359 18,414 #26
1955 52 20,436 20,488 #23
1954 46 20,758 20,804 #21
1953 51 23,658 23,709 #19
1952 53 24,552 24,605 #18
1951 47 24,264 24,311 #17
1950 39 22,862 22,901 #17
1949 39 21,746 21,785 #16
1948 44 21,765 21,809 #17
1947 72 23,686 23,758 #17
1946 48 21,447 21,495 #17
1945 37 14,990 15,027 #19
1944 44 13,676 13,720 #20
1943 68 14,116 14,184 #20
1942 32 13,281 13,313 #20
1941 37 9,562 9,599 #23
1940 39 7,845 7,884 #24
1939 26 6,212 6,238 #34
1938 12 4,236 4,248 #49
1937 9 3,160 3,169 #63
1936 10 2,627 2,637 #74
1935 18 2,597 2,615 #72
1934 15 2,053 2,068 #95
1933 13 1,685 1,698 #106
1932 13 1,421 1,434 #121
1931 8 1,202 1,210 #138
1930 17 1,173 1,190 #145
1929 10 997 1,007 #154
1928 11 957 968 #159
1927 15 919 934 #163
1926 12 838 850 #173
1925 8 826 834 #177
1924 5 807 812 #178
1923 9 773 782 #181
1922 6 677 683 #198
1921 12 727 739 #190
1920 8 624 632 #207
1919 10 626 636 #202
1918 10 637 647 #202
1917 9 582 591 #199
1916 — 532 532 #206
1915 — 514 514 #209
1914 8 382 390 #211
1913 — 324 324 #205
1912 — 268 268 #207
1911 — 166 166 #188
1910 — 135 135 #195
1909 — 120 120 #186
1908 — 101 101 #200
1907 — 111 111 #191
1906 — 89 89 #197
1905 — 106 106 #179
1904 — 90 90 #195
1903 — 75 75 #206
1902 — 85 85 #194
1901 — 79 79 #183
1900 — 132 132 #158
1899 — 86 86 #169
1898 — 99 99 #166
1897 — 96 96 #162
1896 — 90 90 #178
1895 — 108 108 #142
1894 — 84 84 #179
1893 — 83 83 #172
1892 — 82 82 #190
1891 — 89 89 #147
1890 — 102 102 #138
1889 — 111 111 #128
1888 — 106 106 #145
1887 — 93 93 #139
1886 — 98 98 #138
1885 — 112 112 #122
1884 — 113 113 #127
1883 — 112 112 #115
1882 — 135 135 #108
1881 — 99 99 #120
1880 — 128 128 #106