Dennie

Where Dennie comes from

Dennie hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #578
    11 babies named Dennie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #921.
  4. 1902
    Dennie Moore born
    American actress
  5. 1912
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 1953
    Dennie Gordon born
    American film and television director
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dennie Moore · American actress, 1902–1978
  • Dennie Gordon · American film and television director, born 1953
  • Dennie Christian · German singer and television presenter, born 1956
  • Dennie Klose · German television presenter, born 1979
  • Dennie Oxley · American politician, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.