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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Dennise has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#781 · 1 in 8,147
- New York#1,126 · 1 in 13,855
- California#1,611 · 1 in 22,846
Best ever in a state: #607 in Michigan, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #781 | 5 | 1 in 8,147 |
| New York | #1,126 | 8 | 1 in 13,855 |
| California | #1,611 | 6 | 1 in 22,846 |
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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 Dennise
- 4,681 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #11,932)
- 5,607 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #11,932)
- 3,485 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #11,932)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1952 at #1,316 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 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.
Dennise in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 31,046 of them was named Dennise, which outranked 81.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,749Tenisha50
- #1,749Terina50
- #1,749Winifred50
- #1,771Dennise49
- #1,771Ariana49
- #1,771Bernadine49
- #1,771Chad49
- #1,786Annalisa48
- #1,786Carma48
- #1,786Casie48
Tied with 14 names at #1,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 270,268 of them was named Dennise, which outranked 22.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zephaniah7
- #3,963Zerick7
- #3,963Zoran7
- #4,441Dennise6
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
- #4,986Aaric5
- #4,986Aasim5
- #4,986Abiel5
Tied with 544 names at #4,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.