How rare is the name Denisse?

9,270 people in the United States have the first name Denisse, about 1 in 32,582. It ranks #2,592 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DENISSE

#2,592

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,270
About
1 in 32,582
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,270 people named Denisse, 93.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% as White and 1.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Denisse peaked in 2020, when 319 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
319
In 2025*
104 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,370 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.

Denisse by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,829. The largest share of babies named Denisse, 45.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#13,6877
1960s#9,92039
1970s#7,822110
1980s#2,457817
1990s#1,8761,727
2000s#1,8292,367
2010s#2,8351,387
2020s#2,673916
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–802.2%
Millennials 1981–9626.9%
Generation Z 1997–1245.9%
2013 and later24.7%

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 Denisse is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Denisse has been most common in Arizona (4.9×), California (3.5×), and Texas (3.5×), and least common in North Carolina (0.22×).

6,022 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 Denisse

#2,590 Breanne · 9,278#2,591 Beulah · 9,271#2,593 Denice · 9,264#2,594 Judi · 9,259

Spelled almost the same

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

#155 Denise · 327,824#1,315 Denis · 27,745#2,593 Denice · 9,264#4,924 Denisha · 3,617#5,056 Dennise · 3,483#8,352 Denese · 1,741#8,800 Denyse · 1,625#8,948 Denisa · 1,588

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