Denson
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 438since 1912
Denson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Denson has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Denson! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Denson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Denson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1952 at #2,153 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 84,457
- Highest: 1 in 84,457 boys born in 1918 were named Denson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,153 in 1952, was only 1 in 149,510 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.4% of all boys named Denson (85) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 | #2,398 (1918) | #2,970 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,302 (1926) | #2,907 |
| 1930s | 67 | #2,197 (1937) | #2,718 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,671 (1940) | #3,066 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,153 (1952) | #3,066 |
| 1960s | 34 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,513 |
| 1970s | 23 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,797 |
| 1980s | 21 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,172 |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,700 (1993) | #9,414 |
| 2000s | 7 | #9,864 (2009) | #9,864 |
| 2010s | 22 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,432 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,349 (2024) | #12,349 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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