How Many People Are Named Denzil?
people named Denzil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 220,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,843 babies named Denzil in Social Security records from 1897 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
96 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which originally denoted a person from the manor of Denzell in Cornwall. This given name was borne by several members of the noble Holles family starting in the 16th century, notably the statesman Denzil Holles (1599-1680). They were named for John Denzel, an ancestor whose home was Denzell.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Denzil (99.9%) were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 6.8% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Denzil alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 38 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Denzil first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1937, to 96 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Denzil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #589, in 1937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #589 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #790 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Denzil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Denzil were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 214 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Denzil was given 31.3 times as often in West Virginia, 9.4 times in Kentucky and 4.2 times in Missouri.
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