first name
DENIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,745 people named Denis, 65.7% reported their origin as White, 25.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. 93.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Denis peaked in 1952, when 625 babies got the name.
At least 21,606 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Denis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #717. The largest share of babies named Denis, 38.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Denis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Denis has been most common in New Hampshire (6.4×), Rhode Island (3.8×), and Massachusetts (3.5×), and least common in Georgia (0.08×).
15,931 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 Denis
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Denis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Denis ranks #5,514 of 156,621, with 6,087 people. See Denis as a last name
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