Denise Name Popularity

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How popular is Denise?

In 2018 the uncommon name Denise, ranked the 1,069th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Denise is currently less popular.

Position 23, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1955 and as recently as 1956.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1961 with 15,376 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Denise in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1901.

Denise, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1911-1916, 1917-1920, 1923-1929, and 1930-1955, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1961-1979, 1980-1986, 1988-1997, and 2007-2016.

Sometimes the name Denise has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Denise has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Denise has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Denise?

Denise's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Denise is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Denise is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Denise (Girl)		Denise (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		236	1,069	< 5	--
2017		215	1,150	< 5	--
2016		207	1,198	< 5	--
2015		270	995	< 5	--
2014		359	778	< 5	--
2013		356	762	< 5	--
2012		411	684	< 5	--
2011		473	610	< 5	--
2010		619	488	< 5	--
2009		692	450	< 5	--
2008		897	365	< 5	--
2007		881	371	< 5	--
2006		853	380	< 5	--
2005		917	342	< 5	--
2004		893	353	< 5	--
2003		957	326	< 5	--
2002		956	321	6	9,667
2001		1,050	298	11	6,116
2000		963	329	6	9,382
1999		964	322	< 5	--
1998		999	303	< 5	--
1997		1,074	271	6	8,394
1996		1,229	230	5	9,345
1995		1,301	216	9	6,035
1994		1,390	212	12	4,855
1993		1,457	201	12	4,782
1992		1,628	188	18	3,486
1991		1,744	173	11	4,841
1990		1,956	152	18	3,341
1989		2,033	145	19	3,121
1988		2,064	139	14	3,565
1987		2,105	132	21	2,583
1986		2,204	128	21	2,537
1985		2,432	119	21	2,442
1984		2,461	115	20	2,460
1983		2,571	109	24	2,153
1982		2,895	100	19	2,533
1981		3,202	96	27	2,003
1980		3,147	95	19	2,555
1979		3,265	92	19	2,487
1978		3,519	85	16	2,700
1977		3,682	78	9	3,917
1976		3,990	69	26	1,889
1975		4,461	64	16	2,559
1974		5,398	52	28	1,711
1973		6,618	38	28	1,665
1972		7,383	35	25	1,781
1971		8,217	36	44	1,260
1970		9,341	36	33	1,473
1969		9,798	35	43	1,205
1968		9,877	35	41	1,195
1967		11,078	34	43	1,140
1966		11,794	32	49	1,044
1965		13,034	28	49	1,059
1964		14,728	25	55	1,018
1963		14,090	27	52	1,059
1962		13,979	30	47	1,124
1961		15,376	30	42	1,224
1960		15,064	29	35	1,346
1959		14,661	29	54	1,052
1958		14,951	27	56	1,017
1957		15,140	25	41	1,220
1956		14,507	23	28	1,486
1955		14,558	23	32	1,352
1954		13,716	24	37	1,231
1953		11,947	31	20	1,724
1952		11,655	33	21	1,673
1951		8,118	48	27	1,432
1950		4,515	82	6	3,408
1949		2,236	140	6	3,404
1948		1,930	147	5	3,801
1947		1,698	170	6	3,452
1946		1,585	169	< 5	--
1945		632	274	< 5	--
1944		445	322	< 5	--
1943		462	328	< 5	--
1942		444	328	< 5	--
1941		346	358	< 5	--
1940		326	362	< 5	--
1939		260	419	5	3,611
1938		236	437	< 5	--
1937		255	404	< 5	--
1936		200	452	< 5	--
1935		157	511	< 5	--
1934		125	580	< 5	--
1933		112	613	< 5	--
1932		117	607	< 5	--
1931		102	657	< 5	--
1930		83	773	< 5	--
1929		107	679	< 5	--
1928		88	760	< 5	--
1927		78	837	< 5	--
1926		60	964	< 5	--
1925		50	1,077	< 5	--
1924		52	1,087	< 5	--
1923		47	1,115	< 5	--
1922		53	1,035	< 5	--
1921		37	1,283	< 5	--
1920		61	931	< 5	--
1919		28	1,489	< 5	--
1918		27	1,547	< 5	--
1917		29	1,380	< 5	--
1916		29	1,361	< 5	--
1915		25	1,449	< 5	--
1914		23	1,310	< 5	--
1913		17	1,417	< 5	--
1912		13	1,556	< 5	--
1911		5	2,562	< 5	--
1910		7	1,985	< 5	--
1909		7	1,807	< 5	--
1908		6	1,912	< 5	--
1907		7	1,678	< 5	--
1906		6	1,788	< 5	--
1905		7	1,575	< 5	--
1904		6	1,704	< 5	--
1903		6	1,647	< 5	--
1902		6	1,648	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		7	1,612	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		6	1,391	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		7	1,048	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		5	940	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.