first name
DENISE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 327,824 people named Denise, 69.8% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 11.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Denise peaked in 1961, when 15,422 babies got the name.
At least 374,789 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Denise by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #58. The largest share of babies named Denise, 54.7%, 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 Denise is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Denise has been most common in District of Columbia (1.9×), Rhode Island (1.9×), and New Jersey (1.6×), and least common in Arkansas (0.35×).
370,611 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 Denise
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Denise, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Denise ranks #29,248 of 156,621, with 862 people. See Denise as a last name
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