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.

Dennise

#3,059 most common girls' name of all time · #5,251 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1935–2025

Rank among girls
#3,059
Rank overall
#5,251 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
3,571
Since 2016
128
Peak year
2001 #2,118
Best rank
#1,332 1952
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
19401960198020002020

Dennise first appears in 1935. 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
2025 7 7 #12,096
2024 15 15 #7,326
2023 14 14 #7,700
2022 17 17 #6,760
2021 17 17 #6,748
2020 18 18 #6,377
2019 11 11 #9,209
2018 7 7 #12,635
2017 15 15 #7,507
2016 7 7 #13,046
2015 13 13 #8,524
2014 18 18 #6,755
2013 20 20 #6,281
2012 23 23 #5,741
2011 28 28 #4,947
2010 47 47 #3,425
2009 57 57 #3,009
2008 68 68 #2,699
2007 62 62 #2,898
2006 63 63 #2,791
2005 71 71 #2,460
2004 76 76 #2,294
2003 56 56 #2,775
2002 64 64 #2,479
2001 78 78 #2,118
2000 49 49 #2,914
1999 44 44 #3,013
1998 54 54 #2,538
1997 57 57 #2,334
1996 50 50 #2,525
1995 67 67 #2,035
1994 61 61 #2,192
1993 56 56 #2,300
1992 63 63 #2,139
1991 76 76 #1,860
1990 61 5 66 #2,135
1989 74 74 #1,810
1988 49 49 #2,282
1987 59 59 #1,930
1986 44 44 #2,319
1985 36 36 #2,674
1984 45 5 50 #2,201
1983 45 45 #2,173
1982 36 36 #2,606
1981 45 45 #2,242
1980 34 34 #2,718
1979 28 28 #3,028
1978 40 5 45 #2,283
1977 23 6 29 #3,312
1976 36 6 42 #2,319
1975 39 39 #2,182
1974 43 10 53 #1,980
1973 44 5 49 #1,897
1972 49 6 55 #1,779
1971 50 50 #1,791
1970 49 49 #1,815
1969 49 7 56 #1,744
1968 48 48 #1,695
1967 59 59 #1,452
1966 40 40 #1,814
1965 44 6 50 #1,707
1964 58 58 #1,494
1963 49 49 #1,643
1962 41 41 #1,801
1961 51 5 56 #1,593
1960 65 6 71 #1,371
1959 43 5 48 #1,689
1958 60 60 #1,374
1957 48 48 #1,563
1956 45 45 #1,594
1955 52 6 58 #1,398
1954 48 48 #1,459
1953 42 42 #1,527
1952 53 53 #1,332
1951 34 34 #1,662
1950 25 25 #1,950
1949 21 21 #2,200
1948 17 17 #2,479
1947 10 10 #3,657
1946 16 16 #2,469
1945 12 12 #2,721
1944 14 14 #2,502
1943 13 13 #2,684
1942 16 16 #2,305
1941 9 9 #3,224
1940 6 6 #4,281
1939 7 7 #3,751
1938 10 10 #2,934
1935 5 5 #4,836