How Many People Are Named Denis?
people named Denis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,333 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,606 babies named Denis in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
625 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS. Saint Denis was a 3rd-century missionary to Gaul and the first bishop of Paris. He was martyred by decapitation, after which legend says he picked up his own severed head and walked for a distance while preaching a sermon. He is credited with converting the Gauls to Christianity and is considered the patron saint of France.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Denis in English. Counting Denis and these spellings together, about 422,190 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Denis, 5.6% were girls and 94.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Denis alive today is about 50 years old, and 47% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 28 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Denis first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 625 babies. In 2025, 101 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Denis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #277, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #1,712.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,712 |
| Best rank | #277 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #337 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Denis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Denis were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,443 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Denis was given 6.5 times as often in New Hampshire, 3.4 times in Massachusetts and 3.4 times in Rhode Island.
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