Denzel
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #1,166 for boys in 2025, 177 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 864 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,738since 1906
Denzel over time
Rank among boys' names. Denzel has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #1,166 | 177 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,026 | 217 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,094 | 196 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,093 | 198 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,365 | 135 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,177 | 163 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,171 | 165 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,090 | 181 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,036 | 194 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,110 | 176 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,049 | 189 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,068 | 183 | |
| 2013 | — | #985 | 203 | |
| 2012 | — | #993 | 200 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,155 | 155 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,068 | 180 | |
| 2009 | — | #982 | 202 | |
| 2008 | — | #946 | 213 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,017 | 187 | |
| 2006 | — | #948 | 196 | |
| 2005 | — | #896 | 201 | |
| 2004 | — | #744 | 250 | |
| 2003 | — | #833 | 209 | |
| 2002 | — | #707 | 253 | |
| 2001 | — | #829 | 196 | |
| 2000 | — | #776 | 214 | |
| 1999 | — | #831 | 182 | |
| 1998 | — | #621 | 295 | |
| 1997 | — | #524 | 382 | |
| 1996 | — | #473 | 464 | |
| 1995 | — | #416 | 547 | |
| 1994 | — | #335 | 736 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #311 | 864 |
| 1992 | — | #330 | 767 | |
| 1991 | — | #338 | 720 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #444 | 496 |
| 1989 | — | #1,476 | 56 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,451 | 53 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,933 | 28 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,630 | 18 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | — | #1,192 | 36 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Denzel! It came in at #1,111, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Denzel is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#245 · 1 in 1,864
Best ever in a state: #72 in District of Columbia, 1993.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #245 | 6 | 1 in 1,864 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Denzel
- 140 spots since 2024 (#1,026 → #1,166)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#1,177 → #1,166)
- 117 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,166)
- Biggest jump: 1,032 spots in 1990 (#1,476 → #444)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1999 (#621 → #831)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1993 at #311 (864 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1990–2006
- Highest: 1 in 2,270 boys born in 1993 were named Denzel (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,650 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 46.5% of all boys named Denzel (5,453) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,111 (1906) | #1,276 |
| 1910s | 155 | #1,138 (1916) | #1,551 |
| 1920s | 265 | #1,192 (1926) | #1,488 |
| 1930s | 202 | #1,175 (1932) | #1,615 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,276 (1941) | #1,987 |
| 1950s | 123 | #1,952 (1957) | #2,365 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,366 (1965) | #2,996 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,172 |
| 1980s | 248 | #1,451 (1988) | #2,858 |
| 1990s | 5,453 | #311 (1993) | #462 |
| 2000s | 2,121 | #707 (2002) | #868 |
| 2010s | 1,826 | #985 (2013) | #1,073 |
| 2020s | 1,086 | #1,026 (2024) | #1,154 |
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.
Denzel in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 149,191 of them was named Denzel, which outranked 31.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,258Zenna8
- #3,258Zilda8
- #3,258Zilla8
- #3,552Denzel7
- #3,552Adelyne7
- #3,552Adie7
- #3,552Adora7
- #3,919Adalyn6
- #3,919Aina6
- #3,919Aldea6
Tied with 366 names at #3,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 26,972 of them was named Denzel, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,120Orvel34
- #1,120Orvin34
- #1,120Spurgeon34
- #1,138Denzel33
- #1,138Author33
- #1,138Ballard33
- #1,138Bethel33
- #1,157Arlington32
- #1,157Authur32
- #1,157Barnett32
Tied with 18 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.