Denzell
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 160 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,321since 1987
Denzell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Denzell has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,311 | 36 |
| 1996 | #1,552 | 64 |
| 1995 | #1,286 | 83 |
| 1994 | #1,026 | 117 |
| 1993 | #940 | 131 |
| 1992 | #834 | 160 |
| 1991 | #909 | 133 |
| 1990 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Denzell! It came in at #4,239, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1989, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Denzell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Denzell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,509 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,803)
- 823 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1991
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1993
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 1992 at #834 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1991–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,484
- Highest: 1 in 12,484 boys born in 1992 were named Denzell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 65.2% of all boys named Denzell (861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25 | #4,239 (1987) | #5,223 |
| 1990s | 861 | #834 (1992) | #1,568 |
| 2000s | 198 | #3,259 (2002) | #4,492 |
| 2010s | 173 | #4,392 (2014) | #5,350 |
| 2020s | 64 | #5,980 (2020) | #7,559 |
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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