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 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#538 · 1 in 3,565
- Maryland#804 · 1 in 4,990
- North Carolina#808 · 1 in 5,103
- New Jersey#816 · 1 in 5,793
- New York#984 · 1 in 7,428
Best ever in a state: #72 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #538 | 8 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Maryland | #804 | 5 | 1 in 4,990 |
| North Carolina | #808 | 10 | 1 in 5,103 |
| New Jersey | #816 | 7 | 1 in 5,793 |
| New York | #984 | 12 | 1 in 7,428 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 7 | 1 in 7,922 |
| Illinois | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,701 |
| Virginia | #1,049 | 5 | 1 in 7,821 |
| Florida | #1,226 | 9 | 1 in 10,306 |
| Texas | #1,434 | 12 | 1 in 14,260 |
| California | #1,597 | 10 | 1 in 18,938 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 12,959 of them was named Denzel, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,360Karsen136
- #1,360Milton136
- #1,360Xavion136
- #1,365Denzel135
- #1,365Braxtyn135
- #1,365Cru135
- #1,365Deangelo135
- #1,372Aston134
- #1,372Hansel134
- #1,372Huxton134
Tied with 6 names at #1,365; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.