Denice

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1954 · 442 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,649
since 1921

Denice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Denice has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #411, 1954girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#13,4776
2023#11,1698
2022—
2021#13,4646
2020—
2019—
2018#12,4647
2017#14,1246
2016#10,8599
2015#10,8669
2014—
2013#11,9698
2012#16,8695
2011#8,61413
2010#6,18221
2009#5,53725
2008#6,35021
2007#5,52625
2006#4,68530
2005#4,19533
2004#5,06225
2003#3,65538
2002#3,24143
2001#2,96348
2000#3,12144
1999#3,09942
1998#2,92944
1997#3,44833
1996#2,25359
1995#3,22035
1994#2,43252
1993#2,63946
1992#2,12863
1991#1,97970
1990#2,23457
1989#1,73378
1988#2,18752
1987#1,47088
1986#1,60274
1985#1,58875
1984#1,58371
1983#1,35888
1982#1,56675
1981#1,36890
1980#1,47482
1979#1,43185
1978#1,202104
1977#1,079120
1976#1,33081
1975#971128
1974#775178
1973#712204
1972#700207
1971#664238
1970#639257
1969#564307
1968#569282
1967#561282
1966#578265
1965#588263
1964#520355
1963#535326
1962#552315
1961#535335
1960#499375
1959#505372
1958#452441
1957#443450
1956#447422
1955#441415
1954#411442
1953#453363
1952#452363
1951#531247
1950#710145
1949#96386
1948#95583
1947#1,01276
1946#1,16554
1945#1,45031
1944#1,51929
1943#1,49231
1942#1,70624
1941#1,88219
1940#2,29713
1939#2,9229
1938#1,87318
1937#1,91417
1936#3,7016
1935#2,57511
1934#2,9239
1933#4,2185
1932#3,9016
1931#3,8486
1930#4,0476
1929#3,1379
1928#4,7255
1927#4,2866
1926#4,3066
1925#4,0287
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First appearance
1921

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 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedNHWashington: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,226 girlsWAIdaho: #224 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,139 girlsMNIllinois: #414 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,404 girlsILWisconsin: #322 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,369 girlsWIMichigan: #289 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,907 girlsMINew York: #704 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 13,610 girlsNYMassachusetts: #326 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,150 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedRIOregon: #312 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,626 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedSDIowa: #351 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,206 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedINOhio: #423 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,090 girlsOHPennsylvania: #570 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,849 girlsPANew Jersey: #372 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,149 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #385 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,664 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedCONebraska: #295 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,856 girlsNEMissouri: #362 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,115 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedNMKansas: #309 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,790 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Denice, so not publishedTXFlorida: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,169 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#224 · 1 in 1,243
  2. Michigan#289 · 1 in 2,907
  3. Nebraska#295 · 1 in 2,856
  4. Kansas#309 · 1 in 2,790
  5. Oregon#312 · 1 in 2,626

Best ever in a state: #173 in Idaho, 1954.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#22451 in 1,243
Michigan#289271 in 2,907
Nebraska#29551 in 2,856
Kansas#30971 in 2,790
Oregon#31261 in 2,626
Wisconsin#32291 in 4,369
Massachusetts#32691 in 5,150
Washington#33881 in 3,226
Iowa#35171 in 4,206
Missouri#362101 in 4,115
New Jersey#37291 in 5,149
California#385331 in 3,664
Illinois#414171 in 5,404
Ohio#423151 in 6,090
Minnesota#44551 in 7,139
Florida#51751 in 6,169
Pennsylvania#570101 in 10,849
New York#704111 in 13,610
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1950 (#963 → #710)
  • Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1976 (#971 → #1,330)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1954 at #411 (442 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1948–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,393
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 34.4% of all girls named Denice (3,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s39#3,137 (1929)#4,158
1930s93#1,873 (1938)#3,192
1940s446#955 (1948)#1,444
1950s3,660#411 (1954)#485
1960s3,105#499 (1960)#550
1970s1,602#639 (1970)#950
1980s773#1,358 (1983)#1,593
1990s501#1,979 (1991)#2,636
2000s332#2,963 (2001)#4,434
2010s78#6,182 (2010)#11,493
2020s20#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 1951

girls
#531
247 births · 1 in 7,291 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #531Denice247
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 7,291 of them was named Denice, which outranked 91.5% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Denice
  1. #528Nikki249
  2. #528Nola249
  3. #530Suzette248
  4. #531Denice247
  5. #531Kathi247
  6. #533Ina246
  7. #533Roslyn246
  8. #535Nettie245

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →