Denys**
#9,415 most common girls' name of all time · #15,706 across all names · 34% male / 66% female · used 1944–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#9,415
Rank overall
#15,706 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
641
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1988 #4,546
Best rank
#3,536 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Denys first appears in 1944. 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 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #15,218 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,838 |
| 2006 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #10,723 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,415 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,845 |
| 2001 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,275 |
| 2000 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #7,674 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #12,682 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #11,026 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,881 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,642 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,758 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,875 |
| 1992 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #7,638 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,554 |
| 1990 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #10,429 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,634 |
| 1988 | 19 | 11 | 30 | #4,546 |
| 1987 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #6,040 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #9,868 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,558 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,302 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,911 |
| 1981 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #4,816 |
| 1980 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #6,978 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,033 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,711 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,317 |
| 1973 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,061 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,407 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,718 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,215 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,083 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,536 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,581 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,976 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,281 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,213 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,811 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,415 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,744 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,923 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,876 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,588 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,911 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | — |