Denton
#1,706 most common boys' name of all time · #4,143 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among boys
#1,706
Rank overall
#4,143 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
5,143
Since 2016
371
Peak year
1994 #1,219
Best rank
#770 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 89/yr
Denton first appears in 1881. 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 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,988 |
| 2023 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,186 |
| 2022 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,105 |
| 2021 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,016 |
| 2020 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,030 |
| 2019 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,057 |
| 2018 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,246 |
| 2017 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 2016 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 2015 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,435 |
| 2014 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,545 |
| 2013 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,381 |
| 2011 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2010 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,686 |
| 2009 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2008 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 2007 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,998 |
| 2005 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,318 |
| 2003 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,680 |
| 2002 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,020 |
| 2001 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,819 |
| 2000 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,653 |
| 1999 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,936 |
| 1998 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,667 |
| 1997 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,440 |
| 1996 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,518 |
| 1995 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,276 |
| 1994 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,219 |
| 1993 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,341 |
| 1992 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,431 |
| 1991 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,702 |
| 1990 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,454 |
| 1989 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,329 |
| 1988 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,503 |
| 1987 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,345 |
| 1986 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,290 |
| 1985 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,230 |
| 1983 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,435 |
| 1982 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,570 |
| 1981 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,338 |
| 1980 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,417 |
| 1979 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,876 |
| 1978 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,693 |
| 1977 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,548 |
| 1976 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,352 |
| 1975 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,511 |
| 1974 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,391 |
| 1973 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,257 |
| 1972 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,237 |
| 1971 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,115 |
| 1970 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,283 |
| 1969 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,237 |
| 1968 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,483 |
| 1967 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,452 |
| 1966 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,433 |
| 1965 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1964 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,178 |
| 1963 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1962 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,436 |
| 1961 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,257 |
| 1960 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,234 |
| 1959 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,121 |
| 1958 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,192 |
| 1957 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1956 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,132 |
| 1955 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,119 |
| 1954 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,191 |
| 1953 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,315 |
| 1952 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,119 |
| 1951 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,202 |
| 1950 | — | 56 | 56 | #919 |
| 1949 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,034 |
| 1948 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,095 |
| 1947 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,018 |
| 1946 | — | 52 | 52 | #930 |
| 1945 | — | 50 | 50 | #907 |
| 1944 | — | 43 | 43 | #996 |
| 1943 | — | 49 | 49 | #962 |
| 1942 | — | 65 | 65 | #801 |
| 1941 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,008 |
| 1940 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,166 |
| 1939 | — | 49 | 49 | #894 |
| 1938 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1937 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1936 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,060 |
| 1935 | — | 47 | 47 | #926 |
| 1934 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,027 |
| 1933 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1932 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,081 |
| 1931 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,008 |
| 1930 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,072 |
| 1929 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,201 |
| 1928 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1927 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,066 |
| 1926 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1925 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1924 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,467 |
| 1923 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1922 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,026 |
| 1921 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,238 |
| 1920 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1919 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,089 |
| 1918 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,085 |
| 1917 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,137 |
| 1916 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,220 |
| 1915 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1914 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,011 |
| 1913 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,033 |
| 1912 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,073 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,078 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,148 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #918 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #772 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #980 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #770 |