Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Denis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Denis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Denis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Denis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Denis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Denis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 -100%
1915 38 0.000020738 38 -100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 -100%
1917 47 0.000023421 47 -100%
1918 48 0.000022108 48 -100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 -100%
1920 48 0.000021214 48 -100%
1921 44 0.000018848 44 -100%
1922 54 0.000023589 54 -100%
1923 47 0.000020413 47 -100%
1924 58 0.000024353 58 -100%
1925 68 0.000029143 68 -100%
1926 82 0.000035716 82 -100%
1927 74 0.000031905 74 -100%
1928 69 0.000030518 69 -100%
1929 72 0.000032844 72 -100%
1930 88 0.000039581 88 -100%
1931 98 0.000046569 98 -100%
1932 101 0.000047838 101 -100%
1933 146 0.00007302 146 -100%
1934 143 0.000068855 143 -100%
1935 170 0.000081344 170 -100%
1936 166 0.000079901 166 -100%
1937 198 0.000092929 198 -100%
1938 250 0.000112991 7 243 -94%
1939 296 0.000134335 296 -100%
1940 272 0.000118123 272 -100%
1941 302 0.000123952 302 -100%
1942 398 0.000145691 6 392 -97%
1943 343 0.000121521 343 -100%
1944 312 0.000115982 312 -100%
1945 332 0.000125146 5 327 -97%
1946 454 0.000142083 6 448 -97%
1947 496 0.000137689 496 -100%
1948 434 0.000125705 6 428 -97%
1949 393 0.000112776 393 -100%
1950 487 0.000139009 6 481 -98%
1951 541 0.000146862 541 -100%
1952 625 0.00016456 7 618 -98%
1953 588 0.000152583 6 582 -98%
1954 583 0.000146456 9 574 -97%
1955 496 0.000123534 5 491 -98%
1956 499 0.000121027 6 493 -98%
1957 398 0.000094714 9 389 -95%
1958 414 0.000100147 5 409 -98%
1959 379 0.00009115 6 373 -97%
1960 374 0.000090038 11 363 -94%
1961 316 0.000076286 7 309 -96%
1962 332 0.000082272 6 326 -96%
1963 310 0.000078318 7 303 -95%
1964 275 0.000070738 275 -100%
1965 275 0.000075853 5 270 -96%
1966 282 0.000081136 9 273 -94%
1967 224 0.000065981 12 212 -89%
1968 234 0.000069263 10 224 -91%
1969 207 0.000059563 7 200 -93%
1970 212 0.000058783 10 202 -91%
1971 177 0.000051568 8 169 -91%
1972 163 0.000051861 5 158 -94%
1973 138 0.000045743 7 131 -90%
1974 134 0.000044079 134 -100%
1975 130 0.000043055 8 122 -88%
1976 151 0.000049764 13 138 -83%
1977 137 0.000043129 8 129 -88%
1978 113 0.000035603 6 107 -89%
1979 115 0.000034566 7 108 -88%
1980 138 0.000040064 15 123 -78%
1981 140 0.00004047 15 125 -79%
1982 98 0.000027936 12 86 -76%
1983 105 0.000030318 6 99 -89%
1984 86 0.000024651 7 79 -84%
1985 109 0.00003054 11 98 -80%
1986 120 0.000033736 9 111 -85%
1987 117 0.000032449 16 101 -73%
1988 93 0.000025169 5 88 -89%
1989 130 0.000033815 15 115 -77%
1990 125 0.000031626 14 111 -78%
1991 136 0.000034914 15 121 -78%
1992 135 0.000035145 22 113 -67%
1993 120 0.000031828 19 101 -68%
1994 111 0.000029858 16 95 -71%
1995 114 0.000031129 9 105 -84%
1996 124 0.000033999 22 102 -65%
1997 117 0.000032269 12 105 -79%
1998 124 0.000033712 14 110 -77%
1999 110 0.000029779 11 99 -80%
2000 129 0.000034128 19 110 -71%
2001 131 0.000034995 17 114 -74%
2002 142 0.000037985 25 117 -65%
2003 170 0.00004471 26 144 -69%
2004 172 0.000045015 26 146 -70%
2005 169 0.000043955 28 141 -67%
2006 186 0.000047015 28 158 -70%
2007 185 0.000046277 27 158 -71%
2008 166 0.000042232 34 132 -59%
2009 169 0.000044239 25 144 -70%
2010 143 0.000038693 18 125 -75%
2011 130 0.000035541 13 117 -80%
2012 131 0.000035818 7 124 -89%
2013 129 0.000035384 9 120 -86%
2014 108 0.000029139 6 102 -89%
2015 110 0.000029722 110 -100%
2016 93 0.00002535 5 88 -89%
2017 95 0.000026565 95 -100%
2018 95 0.00002702 5 90 -89%
2019 123 0.000035437 123 -100%
2020 119 0.000035623 24 95 -60%
2021 102 0.000030107 10 92 -80%
2022 109 0.000032219 7 102 -87%
2023 113 0.000034127 113 -100%
2024 111 0.000033348 8 103 -86%

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