How Many People Are Named Denali?
people named Denali are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 139,106 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,479 babies named Denali in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Denali, 72.5% were girls and 27.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Denali fell from 85.5% in the 1990s to 72.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Denali alive today is about 13 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Denali first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2022, to 135 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Denali has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,053, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #2,338. Among boys, its best rank was #2,669, in 2005.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,338 | #3,595 |
| Best rank | #2,053 (2022) | #2,669 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,870 in the 2010s | #3,703 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Denali alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Denali were born in California than in any other state: about 153 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Denali was given 137.8 times as often in Alaska, 2.6 times in Texas and 2.1 times in California.
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