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Denny Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Denny?

In 2018 the rare name Denny, ranked the 3,294th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

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

Position 325, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1946 and as recently as 1947 with 440 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Denny was less than 5, most recently in 1906.

Denny, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1911-1915, 1918-1921, 1923-1928, 1929-1934, 1935-1942, and 1943-1947, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1981-1984, 1987-1990, and 2013-2016.

The popularity trend for Denny has been moving downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Denny for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Denny?

Denny's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Denny is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Denny has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Denny (Girl)Denny (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 34 3,294
2017 < 5 -- 33 3,384
2016 < 5 -- 31 3,540
2015 < 5 -- 48 2,572
2014 < 5 -- 44 2,717
2013 < 5 -- 44 2,670
2012 < 5 -- 42 2,829
2011 < 5 -- 68 2,004
2010 < 5 -- 63 2,122
2009 < 5 -- 50 2,535
2008 < 5 -- 65 2,106
2007 < 5 -- 85 1,747
2006 < 5 -- 78 1,776
2005 < 5 -- 68 1,872
2004 < 5 -- 73 1,735
2003 < 5 -- 73 1,689
2002 < 5 -- 81 1,533
2001 < 5 -- 68 1,701
2000 < 5 -- 66 1,715
1999 < 5 -- 76 1,491
1998 < 5 -- 63 1,647
1997 5 14,325 98 1,207
1996 5 14,082 97 1,182
1995 < 5 -- 88 1,240
1994 < 5 -- 90 1,214
1993 < 5 -- 83 1,248
1992 < 5 -- 98 1,110
1991 < 5 -- 114 1,008
1990 5 13,526 88 1,156
1989 < 5 -- 118 937
1988 < 5 -- 112 905
1987 7 9,017 114 877
1986 7 8,775 109 870
1985 7 8,572 117 825
1984 < 5 -- 102 872
1983 < 5 -- 122 792
1982 7 8,448 156 695
1981 5 10,811 134 755
1980 < 5 -- 139 746
1979 < 5 -- 139 733
1978 6 8,812 149 690
1977 9 6,472 188 613
1976 17 3,843 165 640
1975 7 7,350 200 570
1974 11 5,088 217 543
1973 11 4,954 197 567
1972 11 4,863 224 529
1971 7 6,764 217 548
1970 < 5 -- 244 516
1969 6 6,831 267 468
1968 < 5 -- 204 534
1967 5 7,033 195 533
1966 < 5 -- 214 518
1965 6 5,967 237 496
1964 6 6,173 228 518
1963 5 6,829 276 479
1962 9 4,610 258 494
1961 6 5,990 258 490
1960 13 3,545 309 456
1959 16 3,012 317 450
1958 13 3,412 303 449
1957 12 3,522 295 450
1956 11 3,741 255 474
1955 10 3,848 240 474
1954 5 5,941 219 488
1953 12 3,318 246 457
1952 9 3,880 251 447
1951 9 3,774 270 415
1950 6 4,866 296 392
1949 6 4,799 272 408
1948 7 4,285 327 376
1947 6 4,879 440 325
1946 6 4,550 390 325
1945 5 4,705 273 360
1944 7 3,774 295 347
1943 10 3,090 300 353
1942 7 3,824 303 346
1941 5 4,555 224 384
1940 < 5 -- 187 426
1939 7 3,518 222 381
1938 7 3,545 162 455
1937 < 5 -- 141 478
1936 6 3,800 139 477
1935 8 3,223 127 509
1934 8 3,226 132 500
1933 < 5 -- 105 558
1932 < 5 -- 86 659
1931 < 5 -- 60 810
1930 < 5 -- 76 718
1929 6 4,186 70 766
1928 < 5 -- 70 775
1927 < 5 -- 62 860
1926 8 3,643 47 1,011
1925 < 5 -- 39 1,127
1924 < 5 -- 34 1,253
1923 < 5 -- 26 1,467
1922 < 5 -- 38 1,163
1921 < 5 -- 40 1,126
1920 < 5 -- 32 1,280
1919 < 5 -- 18 1,825
1918 < 5 -- 20 1,728
1917 < 5 -- 26 1,371
1916 < 5 -- 15 1,978
1915 < 5 -- 21 1,517
1914 < 5 -- 16 1,566
1913 < 5 -- 14 1,461
1912 < 5 -- 13 1,373
1911 < 5 -- 9 1,211
1910 < 5 -- 5 1,650
1909 < 5 -- 7 1,182
1908 < 5 -- 5 1,433
1907 < 5 -- 7 1,125
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- 7 1,072
1899 < 5 -- 5 1,088
1898 < 5 -- 6 1,032
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- 5 1,006
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 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.