Denzel
#1,072 most common boys' name of all time · #2,545 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1906–2025
Rank among boys
#1,072
Rank overall
#2,545 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
11,779
Since 2016
1,802
Peak year
1993 #311
Best rank
#311 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 869/yr
Denzel first appears in 1906. 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 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,166 |
| 2024 | — | 217 | 217 | #1,027 |
| 2023 | — | 196 | 196 | #1,095 |
| 2022 | — | 198 | 198 | #1,094 |
| 2021 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,366 |
| 2020 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,174 |
| 2018 | — | 181 | 181 | #1,090 |
| 2017 | — | 194 | 194 | #1,036 |
| 2016 | — | 176 | 176 | #1,111 |
| 2015 | — | 189 | 189 | #1,050 |
| 2014 | — | 183 | 183 | #1,068 |
| 2013 | — | 203 | 203 | #985 |
| 2012 | — | 200 | 200 | #995 |
| 2011 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,155 |
| 2010 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,070 |
| 2009 | — | 202 | 202 | #983 |
| 2008 | — | 213 | 213 | #947 |
| 2007 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,017 |
| 2006 | — | 196 | 196 | #949 |
| 2005 | — | 201 | 201 | #897 |
| 2004 | — | 250 | 250 | #745 |
| 2003 | — | 209 | 209 | #834 |
| 2002 | — | 253 | 253 | #707 |
| 2001 | — | 196 | 196 | #831 |
| 2000 | — | 214 | 214 | #778 |
| 1999 | — | 182 | 182 | #831 |
| 1998 | — | 295 | 295 | #622 |
| 1997 | — | 382 | 382 | #524 |
| 1996 | — | 464 | 464 | #473 |
| 1995 | — | 547 | 547 | #416 |
| 1994 | — | 736 | 736 | #335 |
| 1993 | 5 | 864 | 869 | #311 |
| 1992 | — | 767 | 767 | #332 |
| 1991 | — | 720 | 720 | #338 |
| 1990 | 6 | 496 | 502 | #444 |
| 1989 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,482 |
| 1988 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,453 |
| 1987 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,663 |
| 1986 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,113 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,975 |
| 1984 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,944 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,952 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,090 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,371 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,126 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,538 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,059 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,334 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,436 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1965 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,405 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,125 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,401 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,969 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,420 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,896 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,418 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,093 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,497 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,998 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,190 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,066 |
| 1949 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,383 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,576 |
| 1946 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,800 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,650 |
| 1944 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,667 |
| 1943 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,619 |
| 1942 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,570 |
| 1941 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,292 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,743 |
| 1939 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,622 |
| 1938 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,791 |
| 1937 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,517 |
| 1936 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,370 |
| 1935 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,481 |
| 1934 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,532 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,749 |
| 1932 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,897 |
| 1930 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1928 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,347 |
| 1927 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #2,091 |
| 1926 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,214 |
| 1925 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,567 |
| 1924 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,524 |
| 1923 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,318 |
| 1922 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #1,487 |
| 1921 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,292 |
| 1920 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,629 |
| 1919 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,115 |
| 1918 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,041 |
| 1917 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,317 |
| 1916 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,156 |
| 1915 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,441 |
| 1914 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #1,663 |
| 1913 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,560 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,692 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,558 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,625 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,241 |