Denny
#927 most common boys' name of all time · #2,135 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1889–2025
Rank among boys
#927
Rank overall
#2,135 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
15,819
Since 2016
290
Peak year
1947 #326
Best rank
#325 1946
Girls
Boys
peak 445/yr
Denny first appears in 1889. 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 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,258 |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,327 |
| 2023 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,719 |
| 2022 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,543 |
| 2021 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,018 |
| 2020 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,252 |
| 2019 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,499 |
| 2018 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,306 |
| 2017 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,382 |
| 2016 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,527 |
| 2015 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 2014 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,711 |
| 2013 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,677 |
| 2012 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,819 |
| 2011 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,002 |
| 2010 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,119 |
| 2009 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,533 |
| 2008 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,107 |
| 2007 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,745 |
| 2006 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,770 |
| 2005 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,874 |
| 2004 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,732 |
| 2003 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,687 |
| 2002 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,529 |
| 2001 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,700 |
| 2000 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,715 |
| 1999 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,492 |
| 1998 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,644 |
| 1997 | 5 | 98 | 103 | #1,207 |
| 1996 | 5 | 97 | 102 | #1,181 |
| 1995 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,239 |
| 1994 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,215 |
| 1993 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,248 |
| 1992 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,110 |
| 1991 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,010 |
| 1990 | 5 | 88 | 93 | #1,158 |
| 1989 | — | 118 | 118 | #939 |
| 1988 | — | 112 | 112 | #903 |
| 1987 | 7 | 114 | 121 | #877 |
| 1986 | 7 | 109 | 116 | #871 |
| 1985 | 7 | 117 | 124 | #827 |
| 1984 | — | 101 | 101 | #877 |
| 1983 | — | 122 | 122 | #791 |
| 1982 | 7 | 157 | 164 | #693 |
| 1981 | 5 | 134 | 139 | #754 |
| 1980 | — | 139 | 139 | #745 |
| 1979 | — | 139 | 139 | #733 |
| 1978 | 6 | 149 | 155 | #687 |
| 1977 | 9 | 189 | 198 | #611 |
| 1976 | 17 | 165 | 182 | #641 |
| 1975 | 7 | 200 | 207 | #570 |
| 1974 | 11 | 217 | 228 | #546 |
| 1973 | 11 | 198 | 209 | #566 |
| 1972 | 11 | 224 | 235 | #532 |
| 1971 | 7 | 217 | 224 | #548 |
| 1970 | — | 244 | 244 | #517 |
| 1969 | 6 | 267 | 273 | #468 |
| 1968 | — | 204 | 204 | #535 |
| 1967 | 5 | 195 | 200 | #532 |
| 1966 | — | 215 | 215 | #519 |
| 1965 | 6 | 237 | 243 | #497 |
| 1964 | 6 | 227 | 233 | #519 |
| 1963 | 5 | 275 | 280 | #482 |
| 1962 | 9 | 259 | 268 | #493 |
| 1961 | 6 | 259 | 265 | #490 |
| 1960 | 13 | 309 | 322 | #456 |
| 1959 | 16 | 317 | 333 | #452 |
| 1958 | 13 | 305 | 318 | #448 |
| 1957 | 12 | 294 | 306 | #449 |
| 1956 | 11 | 255 | 266 | #473 |
| 1955 | 10 | 238 | 248 | #476 |
| 1954 | 5 | 221 | 226 | #486 |
| 1953 | 12 | 246 | 258 | #457 |
| 1952 | 9 | 251 | 260 | #445 |
| 1951 | 9 | 270 | 279 | #415 |
| 1950 | 6 | 296 | 302 | #392 |
| 1949 | 6 | 272 | 278 | #409 |
| 1948 | 7 | 327 | 334 | #375 |
| 1947 | 6 | 439 | 445 | #326 |
| 1946 | 6 | 391 | 397 | #325 |
| 1945 | 5 | 273 | 278 | #360 |
| 1944 | 7 | 295 | 302 | #347 |
| 1943 | 10 | 300 | 310 | #353 |
| 1942 | 7 | 303 | 310 | #346 |
| 1941 | 5 | 224 | 229 | #383 |
| 1940 | — | 187 | 187 | #426 |
| 1939 | 7 | 222 | 229 | #381 |
| 1938 | 7 | 162 | 169 | #456 |
| 1937 | — | 141 | 141 | #479 |
| 1936 | 6 | 139 | 145 | #479 |
| 1935 | 8 | 127 | 135 | #511 |
| 1934 | 8 | 132 | 140 | #505 |
| 1933 | — | 105 | 105 | #561 |
| 1932 | — | 86 | 86 | #662 |
| 1931 | — | 60 | 60 | #814 |
| 1930 | — | 76 | 76 | #724 |
| 1929 | 6 | 70 | 76 | #768 |
| 1928 | — | 70 | 70 | #778 |
| 1927 | — | 62 | 62 | #863 |
| 1926 | 8 | 47 | 55 | #1,013 |
| 1925 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,132 |
| 1924 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,254 |
| 1923 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,477 |
| 1922 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,173 |
| 1921 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1920 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1918 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1917 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,378 |
| 1916 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,536 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,579 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,470 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,390 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,264 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,696 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,241 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,487 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,173 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,135 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,167 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,098 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,099 |