How rare is the name Denton?

3,586 people in the United States have the first name Denton, about 1 in 84,225. It ranks #4,953 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DENTON

#4,953

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,586
About
1 in 84,225
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,586 people named Denton, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Denton peaked in 1994, when 89 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
89
In 2025*
32 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,143 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Denton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,037. The largest share of babies named Denton, 18.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,52813
1890s#3,5999
1900s#4,32210
1910s#2,213273
1920s#2,284389
1930s#2,037408
1940s#2,120471
1950s#2,624423
1960s#3,122359
1970s#3,410397
1980s#3,350516
1990s#3,516670
2000s#5,201527
2010s#5,824478
2020s#7,379200
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.8%
Generation X 1965–8011.7%
Millennials 1981–9618.5%
Generation Z 1997–1216.8%
2013 and later10.2%

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.

Exactly as common as Denton

1 other first name also has 3,586 people.

#4,953 Demetri · 3,586

Either side of Denton

#4,952 Cailin · 3,587#4,953 Demetri · 3,586#4,955 Aminah · 3,585#4,955 Emad · 3,585

Also a last name

As a last name, Denton ranks #1,284 of 156,621, with 26,745 people. See Denton as a last name

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