Denise
#1,673 for girls in 2025, 123 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 14,560 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 373,422since 1882
Denise over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,673 | 123 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,462 | 151 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,387 | 165 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,223 | 192 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #876 | 307 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,383 | 162 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,065 | 239 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,141 | 217 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,188 | 210 | — | |
| 2015 | #997 | 270 | — | |
| 2014 | #780 | 359 | — | |
| 2013 | #755 | 359 | — | |
| 2012 | #685 | 411 | — | |
| 2011 | #609 | 473 | — | |
| 2010 | #488 | 619 | — | |
| 2009 | #450 | 692 | — | |
| 2008 | #365 | 897 | — | |
| 2007 | #371 | 881 | — | |
| 2006 | #380 | 853 | — | |
| 2005 | #342 | 918 | — | |
| 2004 | #354 | 894 | — | |
| 2003 | #326 | 957 | — | |
| 2002 | #321 | 957 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #298 | 1,050 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #329 | 963 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #322 | 965 | — | |
| 1998 | #303 | 999 | — | |
| 1997 | #271 | 1,074 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #229 | 1,230 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #216 | 1,301 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #211 | 1,391 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #201 | 1,458 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #188 | 1,628 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #172 | 1,746 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #152 | 1,955 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #145 | 2,034 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #139 | 2,064 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #132 | 2,104 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #128 | 2,205 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #120 | 2,433 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #115 | 2,461 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #109 | 2,570 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #100 | 2,896 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #96 | 3,201 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #95 | 3,145 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #92 | 3,267 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #85 | 3,519 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #78 | 3,681 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #69 | 3,986 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #64 | 4,461 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #53 | 5,395 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #38 | 6,615 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #35 | 7,382 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #36 | 8,219 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | #36 | 9,343 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #35 | 9,798 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #35 | 9,877 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #34 | 11,078 | #1,132 | 43 |
| 1966 | #32 | 11,797 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #28 | 13,036 | #1,055 | 49 |
| 1964 | #25 | 14,726 | #1,016 | 55 |
| 1963 | #27 | 14,092 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #30 | 13,975 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #30 | 15,379 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1960 | #29 | 15,066 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #29 | 14,662 | #1,061 | 53 |
| 1958 | #27 | 14,959 | #1,018 | 56 |
| 1957 | #25 | 15,145 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #23 | 14,509 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #23 | 14,560 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #24 | 13,716 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #31 | 11,950 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #33 | 11,652 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #48 | 8,116 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #82 | 4,514 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #140 | 2,236 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #147 | 1,930 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #170 | 1,699 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #169 | 1,585 | — | |
| 1945 | #273 | 633 | — | |
| 1944 | #322 | 444 | — | |
| 1943 | #328 | 462 | — | |
| 1942 | #328 | 444 | — | |
| 1941 | #358 | 346 | — | |
| 1940 | #362 | 326 | — | |
| 1939 | #420 | 260 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #436 | 236 | — | |
| 1937 | #404 | 255 | — | |
| 1936 | #451 | 200 | — | |
| 1935 | #510 | 157 | — | |
| 1934 | #579 | 125 | — | |
| 1933 | #616 | 111 | — | |
| 1932 | #606 | 117 | — | |
| 1931 | #656 | 102 | — | |
| 1930 | #773 | 83 | — | |
| 1929 | #678 | 107 | — | |
| 1928 | #759 | 88 | — | |
| 1927 | #834 | 78 | — | |
| 1926 | #963 | 60 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,086 | 52 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,030 | 53 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 | — | |
| 1920 | #931 | 61 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,357 | 29 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Denise! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Denise is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#52 · 1 in 286
- New Jersey#53 · 1 in 266
- California#57 · 1 in 309
- Arizona#64 · 1 in 317
- New Mexico#69 · 1 in 321
Best ever in a state: #9 in Hawaii, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #52 | 354 | 1 in 286 |
| New Jersey | #53 | 140 | 1 in 266 |
| California | #57 | 586 | 1 in 309 |
| Arizona | #64 | 63 | 1 in 317 |
| New Mexico | #69 | 29 | 1 in 321 |
| Illinois | #70 | 215 | 1 in 350 |
| Vermont | #70 | 10 | 1 in 264 |
| Texas | #80 | 301 | 1 in 411 |
| Delaware | #85 | 9 | 1 in 334 |
| Maryland | #89 | 49 | 1 in 428 |
| Rhode Island | #90 | 11 | 1 in 405 |
| Pennsylvania | #95 | 150 | 1 in 462 |
| Florida | #101 | 109 | 1 in 496 |
| Colorado | #104 | 43 | 1 in 483 |
| Kansas | #108 | 31 | 1 in 499 |
| South Dakota | #110 | 10 | 1 in 449 |
| Missouri | #114 | 56 | 1 in 573 |
| Nevada | #114 | 10 | 1 in 437 |
| Louisiana | #115 | 55 | 1 in 557 |
| Montana | #115 | 10 | 1 in 475 |
| North Dakota | #115 | 9 | 1 in 543 |
| Ohio | #117 | 125 | 1 in 578 |
| Connecticut | #118 | 28 | 1 in 550 |
| Hawaii | #118 | 11 | 1 in 442 |
| Virginia | #120 | 51 | 1 in 589 |
| Maine | #124 | 11 | 1 in 572 |
| Nebraska | #124 | 20 | 1 in 544 |
| West Virginia | #125 | 18 | 1 in 640 |
| South Carolina | #126 | 30 | 1 in 598 |
| Arkansas | #128 | 22 | 1 in 578 |
| Minnesota | #128 | 46 | 1 in 633 |
| Massachusetts | #129 | 49 | 1 in 645 |
| Michigan | #129 | 89 | 1 in 659 |
| Wisconsin | #130 | 47 | 1 in 663 |
| Georgia | #131 | 52 | 1 in 670 |
| Mississippi | #132 | 27 | 1 in 587 |
| North Carolina | #135 | 48 | 1 in 690 |
| Alaska | #136 | 6 | 1 in 490 |
| Washington | #137 | 40 | 1 in 690 |
| Utah | #138 | 24 | 1 in 672 |
| District of Columbia | #139 | 11 | 1 in 525 |
| Oklahoma | #147 | 26 | 1 in 773 |
| Idaho | #151 | 11 | 1 in 624 |
| Wyoming | #155 | 5 | 1 in 657 |
| Indiana | #172 | 36 | 1 in 969 |
| New Hampshire | #175 | 6 | 1 in 891 |
| Alabama | #177 | 26 | 1 in 875 |
| Oregon | #179 | 18 | 1 in 943 |
| Iowa | #186 | 18 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Kentucky | #187 | 23 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Tennessee | #192 | 27 | 1 in 1,033 |
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 Denise
- 222 spots since 2024 (#1,895 → #1,673)
- 797 spots since 2020 (#876 → #1,673)
- 676 spots since 2015 (#997 → #1,673)
- Biggest jump: 550 spots in 1920 (#1,481 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 347 spots in 2021 (#876 → #1,223)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1955 at #23 (14,560 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1950–1982
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1926–2015
- Highest: 1 in 129 girls born in 1964 were named Denise (0.78%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,067 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #23 in 1955, was only 1 in 134 (0.74%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.5% of all girls named Denise (128,824) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #908 (1882) | #967 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,353 (1894) | #1,353 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,659 |
| 1910s | 203 | #1,303 (1914) | #1,584 |
| 1920s | 633 | #678 (1929) | #974 |
| 1930s | 1,646 | #404 (1937) | #545 |
| 1940s | 10,105 | #140 (1949) | #260 |
| 1950s | 123,783 | #23 (1955) | #35 |
| 1960s | 128,824 | #25 (1964) | #31 |
| 1970s | 55,868 | #35 (1972) | #59 |
| 1980s | 25,113 | #95 (1980) | #118 |
| 1990s | 13,747 | #152 (1990) | #227 |
| 2000s | 9,062 | #298 (2001) | #354 |
| 2010s | 3,319 | #488 (2010) | #909 |
| 2020s | 1,043 | #876 (2020) | #1,419 |
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.
Denise in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 521 of them was named Denise, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 66,340 of them was named Denise, which outranked 72.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,942Wm28
- #1,942Yousef28
- #1,942Zach28
- #1,996Denise27
- #1,996Ahren27
- #1,996Anastacio27
- #1,996Broc27
- #2,038Alford26
- #2,038Ameer26
- #2,038Antwoine26
Tied with 41 names at #1,996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.