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How popular is “Denise” in the USA?

Number of people named “Denise” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Denise” 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 “Denise” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Denise” by birth year

This chart shows how “Denise” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 100%
1920 61 0.00002696 61 100%
1921 37 0.000015849 37 100%
1922 53 0.000023153 53 100%
1923 47 0.000020413 47 100%
1924 52 0.000021834 52 100%
1925 50 0.000021429 50 100%
1926 60 0.000026133 60 100%
1927 78 0.00003363 78 100%
1928 88 0.000038922 88 100%
1929 107 0.00004881 107 100%
1930 83 0.000037332 83 100%
1931 102 0.00004847 102 100%
1932 117 0.000055416 117 100%
1933 111 0.000055515 111 100%
1934 125 0.000060188 125 100%
1935 157 0.000075123 157 100%
1936 200 0.000096266 200 100%
1937 255 0.000119681 255 100%
1938 236 0.000106663 236 100%
1939 265 0.000120266 260 5 96%
1940 326 0.000141574 326 100%
1941 346 0.000142011 346 100%
1942 444 0.000162529 444 100%
1943 462 0.000163681 462 100%
1944 444 0.000165051 444 100%
1945 633 0.000238606 633 100%
1946 1585 0.00049604 1585 100%
1947 1705 0.000473306 1699 6 99%
1948 1935 0.00056046 1930 5 99%
1949 2242 0.00064337 2236 6 99%
1950 4520 0.001290191 4514 6 100%
1951 8143 0.002210526 8116 27 99%
1952 11673 0.003073456 11652 21 100%
1953 11970 0.003106151 11950 20 100%
1954 13754 0.003455164 13717 37 99%
1955 14592 0.003634299 14560 32 100%
1956 14537 0.003525799 14509 28 100%
1957 15185 0.003613632 15144 41 99%
1958 15014 0.003631918 14958 56 99%
1959 14716 0.003539208 14663 53 99%
1960 15099 0.003634972 15064 35 100%
1961 15424 0.003723534 15381 43 99%
1962 14022 0.003474773 13975 47 99%
1963 14144 0.003573342 14092 52 99%
1964 14782 0.003802341 14727 55 99%
1965 13083 0.003608657 13034 49 99%
1966 11844 0.003407703 11795 49 99%
1967 11124 0.003276683 11081 43 99%
1968 9918 0.002935698 9877 41 99%
1969 9840 0.002831392 9797 43 99%
1970 9375 0.002599463 9342 33 99%
1971 8263 0.002407385 8219 44 99%
1972 7406 0.002356352 7381 25 99%
1973 6643 0.002201939 6615 28 99%
1974 5424 0.001784211 5396 28 99%
1975 4478 0.001483079 4462 16 99%
1976 4012 0.001322216 3986 26 99%
1977 3690 0.001161658 3681 9 100%
1978 3535 0.001113782 3519 16 99%
1979 3286 0.000987677 3267 19 99%
1980 3165 0.000918855 3146 19 99%
1981 3228 0.000933117 3201 27 98%
1982 2914 0.000830682 2895 19 99%
1983 2595 0.000749277 2571 24 98%
1984 2481 0.000711142 2461 20 98%
1985 2453 0.000687286 2432 21 98%
1986 2226 0.000625795 2205 21 98%
1987 2125 0.000589359 2104 21 98%
1988 2079 0.000562646 2065 14 99%
1989 2053 0.000534017 2034 19 98%
1990 1973 0.000499181 1955 18 98%
1991 1757 0.00045106 1746 11 99%
1992 1646 0.000428504 1628 18 98%
1993 1470 0.000389892 1458 12 98%
1994 1403 0.000377389 1391 12 98%
1995 1310 0.000357713 1301 9 99%
1996 1235 0.000338616 1230 5 99%
1997 1080 0.000297869 1074 6 99%
1998 999 0.0002716 999 100%
1999 965 0.000261244 965 100%
2000 969 0.000256356 963 6 99%
2001 1061 0.000283433 1050 11 98%
2002 963 0.000257604 957 6 99%
2003 957 0.000251688 957 100%
2004 894 0.000233975 894 100%
2005 918 0.000238761 918 100%
2006 853 0.000215612 853 100%
2007 881 0.000220378 881 100%
2008 897 0.000228206 897 100%
2009 692 0.000181144 692 100%
2010 619 0.00016749 619 100%
2011 473 0.000129313 473 100%
2012 411 0.000112376 411 100%
2013 358 0.000098199 358 100%
2014 359 0.00009686 359 100%
2015 270 0.000072955 270 100%
2016 209 0.000056968 209 100%
2017 217 0.000060679 217 100%
2018 239 0.000067977 239 100%
2019 162 0.000046673 162 100%
2020 307 0.0000919 307 100%
2021 197 0.000058147 192 5 95%
2022 164 0.000048476 164 100%
2023 151 0.000045603 151 100%
2024 105 0.000031546 105 100%

Explore other names

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