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.

Denson

#7,867 most common boys' name of all time · #19,788 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2024

Rank among boys
#7,867
Rank overall
#19,788 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
438
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1926 #2,398
Best rank
#2,214 1952
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
192019401960198020002020

Denson first appears in 1912. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,450
2018 — 6 6 #10,837
2016 — 6 6 #10,839
2015 — 5 5 #12,194
2013 — 5 5 #12,248
2009 — 7 7 #9,934
1999 — 5 5 #10,049
1998 — 5 5 #9,751
1993 — 5 5 #8,838
1985 — 5 5 #6,675
1983 — 8 8 #4,580
1980 — 8 8 #4,573
1976 — 6 6 #5,073
1975 — 6 6 #4,929
1974 — 5 5 #5,370
1970 — 6 6 #4,362
1969 — 10 10 #2,926
1967 — 6 6 #3,714
1962 — 8 8 #3,147
1961 — 5 5 #4,251
1960 — 5 5 #4,221
1959 — 6 6 #3,753
1958 — 11 11 #2,573
1956 — 6 6 #3,667
1953 — 8 8 #3,007
1952 — 13 13 #2,214
1951 — 7 7 #3,201
1950 — 5 5 #3,859
1949 — 7 7 #3,137
1948 — 7 7 #3,163
1947 — 6 6 #3,531
1946 — 7 7 #3,049
1945 — 6 6 #3,159
1944 — 5 5 #3,600
1943 — 7 7 #3,088
1942 — 6 6 #3,368
1940 — 8 8 #2,771
1939 — 7 7 #2,974
1938 — 9 9 #2,582
1937 — 11 11 #2,284
1935 — 6 6 #3,431
1934 — 9 9 #2,669
1933 — 7 7 #3,131
1932 — 9 9 #2,762
1930 — 9 9 #2,914
1928 — 10 10 #2,753
1927 — 10 10 #2,831
1926 — 13 13 #2,398
1925 — 6 6 #3,886
1924 — 8 8 #3,359
1923 — 9 9 #3,065
1922 — 10 10 #2,918
1921 — 9 9 #3,089
1920 — 10 10 #2,885
1919 — 8 8 #3,249
1918 — 12 12 #2,498
1917 — 7 7 #3,338
1916 — 5 5 #4,088
1914 — 7 7 #2,802
1912 — 5 5 #2,765