How rare is the name Denice?

9,264 people in the United States have the first name Denice, about 1 in 32,603. It ranks #2,593 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DENICE

#2,593

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,264
About
1 in 32,603
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,264 people named Denice, 64.5% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Black and 15.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Denice peaked in 1957, when 450 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212024
Peak year
1957
Births that year
450
In 2024
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,649 babies have been given the name since 1921. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Denice by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #848. The largest share of babies named Denice, 53.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#8,29739
1930s#4,91493
1940s#2,180446
1950s#8483,660
1960s#9843,105
1970s#1,4851,602
1980s#2,557773
1990s#4,247501
2000s#7,095332
2010s#19,49578
2020s#26,89920
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–452.4%
Baby boom 1946–6453.2%
Generation X 1965–8029%
Millennials 1981–9610.1%
Generation Z 1997–124.6%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Denice is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Denice has been most common in California (2.2×), Michigan (1.8×), and Washington (1.8×), and least common in Tennessee (0.24×).

7,801 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Denice

#2,591 Beulah · 9,271#2,592 Denisse · 9,270#2,594 Judi · 9,259#2,595 Leyla · 9,255

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Denice, most common first.

#155 Denise · 327,824#11,383 Deniece · 1,128#23,227 Denyce · 423#26,764 Dennice · 346#27,750 Deneice · 328#30,312 Denica · 288#34,742 Denece · 234#41,133 Denize · 179

Also a last name

As a last name, Denice ranks #112,515 of 156,621, with 166 people. See Denice as a last name

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