How Many People Are Named Denny?
people named Denny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,720 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,819 babies named Denny in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
445 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DENNIS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Denny, 2.9% were girls and 97.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Denny alive today is about 54 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Denny first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1947, to 445 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Denny has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #325, in 1946 to 1947. In 2025 it ranked #4,283.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,283 |
| Best rank | #325 (1946 to 1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #364 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Denny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Denny were born in California than in any other state: about 1,301 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Denny was given 2.8 times as often in Iowa, 2.6 times in West Virginia and 2.5 times in Kentucky.
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