Dennise
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
- Given to girls 97.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,488since 1935
Dennise over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dennise has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,778 | 63 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,457 | 71 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,115 | 78 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,188 | 61 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,857 | 76 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 61 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,804 | 74 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,366 | 65 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1935
The first year at least five girls were named Dennise! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dennise is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dennise in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dennise
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5,607 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1952 at #1,316 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,085
- Highest: 1 in 23,085 girls born in 2001 were named Dennise (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,316 in 1952, was only 1 in 34,987 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 18.5% of all girls named Dennise (644) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 22 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,454 |
| 1940s | 134 | #2,134 (1949) | #2,705 |
| 1950s | 450 | #1,316 (1952) | #1,536 |
| 1960s | 504 | #1,366 (1960) | #1,617 |
| 1970s | 401 | #1,771 (1972) | #2,219 |
| 1980s | 467 | #1,804 (1989) | #2,281 |
| 1990s | 589 | #1,857 (1991) | #2,298 |
| 2000s | 644 | #2,115 (2001) | #2,636 |
| 2010s | 189 | #3,409 (2010) | #7,734 |
| 2020s | 88 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,758 |
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.
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