Denice
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 442 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,649since 1921
Denice over time
Rank among girls' names. Denice has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 1993 | #2,639 | 46 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 |
| 1991 | #1,979 | 70 |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,733 | 78 |
| 1988 | #2,187 | 52 |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 |
| 1985 | #1,588 | 75 |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 |
| 1983 | #1,358 | 88 |
| 1982 | #1,566 | 75 |
| 1981 | #1,368 | 90 |
| 1980 | #1,474 | 82 |
| 1979 | #1,431 | 85 |
| 1978 | #1,202 | 104 |
| 1977 | #1,079 | 120 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 |
| 1975 | #971 | 128 |
| 1974 | #775 | 178 |
| 1973 | #712 | 204 |
| 1972 | #700 | 207 |
| 1971 | #664 | 238 |
| 1970 | #639 | 257 |
| 1969 | #564 | 307 |
| 1968 | #569 | 282 |
| 1967 | #561 | 282 |
| 1966 | #578 | 265 |
| 1965 | #588 | 263 |
| 1964 | #520 | 355 |
| 1963 | #535 | 326 |
| 1962 | #552 | 315 |
| 1961 | #535 | 335 |
| 1960 | #499 | 375 |
| 1959 | #505 | 372 |
| 1958 | #452 | 441 |
| 1957 | #443 | 450 |
| 1956 | #447 | 422 |
| 1955 | #441 | 415 |
| 1954 | #411 | 442 |
| 1953 | #453 | 363 |
| 1952 | #452 | 363 |
| 1951 | #531 | 247 |
| 1950 | #710 | 145 |
| 1949 | #963 | 86 |
| 1948 | #955 | 83 |
| 1947 | #1,012 | 76 |
| 1946 | #1,165 | 54 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Denice! It came in at #4,464, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Denice is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#253 · 1 in 1,420
- Washington#332 · 1 in 3,091
- New Jersey#338 · 1 in 4,302
- Massachusetts#352 · 1 in 6,306
- Minnesota#434 · 1 in 6,634
Best ever in a state: #173 in Idaho, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #253 | 6 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Washington | #332 | 8 | 1 in 3,091 |
| New Jersey | #338 | 10 | 1 in 4,302 |
| Massachusetts | #352 | 7 | 1 in 6,306 |
| Minnesota | #434 | 5 | 1 in 6,634 |
| Michigan | #443 | 12 | 1 in 6,100 |
| Virginia | #490 | 5 | 1 in 6,994 |
| California | #494 | 20 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Pennsylvania | #527 | 11 | 1 in 9,295 |
| Illinois | #574 | 9 | 1 in 9,664 |
| Ohio | #739 | 5 | 1 in 17,028 |
| New York | #856 | 7 | 1 in 20,403 |
| Texas | #966 | 6 | 1 in 15,950 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Denice
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1950 (#963 → #710)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1976 (#971 → #1,330)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1954 at #411 (442 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1948–1975
- Highest: 1 in 4,393 girls born in 1954 were named Denice (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 34.4% of all girls named Denice (3,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 39 | #3,137 (1929) | #4,158 |
| 1930s | 93 | #1,873 (1938) | #3,192 |
| 1940s | 446 | #955 (1948) | #1,444 |
| 1950s | 3,660 | #411 (1954) | #485 |
| 1960s | 3,105 | #499 (1960) | #550 |
| 1970s | 1,602 | #639 (1970) | #950 |
| 1980s | 773 | #1,358 (1983) | #1,593 |
| 1990s | 501 | #1,979 (1991) | #2,636 |
| 2000s | 332 | #2,963 (2001) | #4,434 |
| 2010s | 78 | #6,182 (2010) | #11,493 |
| 2020s | 20 | #11,169 (2023) | #12,703 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Denice in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 11,814 of them was named Denice, which outranked 88.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #703Twila149
- #708Oralia146
- #708Vikki146
- #710Denice145
- #710Beryl145
- #710Deirdre145
- #710Goldie145
- #716Minerva144
- #717Elma143
- #717Greta143
Tied with 5 names at #710; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.