Meaning not yet researched.
Dennis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 381 in 2025. Its best rank was #16 in 1949.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #16 in 1949; #707 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dennis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#707 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1949, at #16.
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Dennis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 381 boys in 2025. Peak: #16 in 1949 · most boys in one year: 24,552 (1952).
In 2025, 381 US boys were named Dennis, making it the 707th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2 places from #709 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 376 boys named Dennis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #16, reached in 1949. The most boys given the name in a single year was 24,552, in 1952. For comparison, it was #494 in 2015 and #17 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dennis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 128 babies with the name. In all, 623,692 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 204,785 babies named Dennis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,516 US boys were named Dennis; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 587. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,483 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dennis ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #370 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Denis (21,606 babies since 1880), Denise (374,789 babies since 1880), Dennise (3,571 babies since 1880) and Deniz (2,122 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Donnis, Dionisio and Denys are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dennie and Denny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Donnis (1,512), Dionisio (1,194), Denys (641), Dennys (560), Deneise (278), Dennisse (161), Dionis (117), Deniss (87), Dinnis (86), Dennies (65), Dionysios (64), Dennes (38), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Dennis is listed as a nickname for Dennison.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 14 | #370 | #398 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #391 | #454 |
| Indiana | 15 | #461 | #489 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #481 | #484 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #494 | #360 |
| Iowa | 6 | #517 | #520 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #527 | #407 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #565 | #350 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #578 | #340 |
| Colorado | 9 | #580 | #563 |
| New York | 25 | #604 | #399 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #612 | #331 |
| Kansas | 5 | #613 | #340 |
| Michigan | 12 | #647 | #429 |
| Illinois | 14 | #649 | #526 |
| Ohio | 13 | #682 | #568 |
| Virginia | 10 | #685 | #473 |
| Alabama | 6 | #700 | #459 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #709 | #349 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #727 | #439 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #731 | #405 |
| Florida | 21 | #734 | #495 |
| California | 32 | #790 | #521 |
| Georgia | 11 | #805 | #676 |
| Missouri | 6 | #807 | #531 |
| Texas | 32 | #832 | #629 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 381 | #707 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,891 | 376 | #709 |
| 2023 | — | — | 427 | #644 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,921 | 423 | #652 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,383 | 385 | #690 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,871 | 414 | #647 |
| 2019 | — | — | 510 | #553 |
| 2018 | — | — | 497 | #556 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,505 | 516 | #545 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,276 | 587 | #510 |
| 2015 | — | — | 592 | #494 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,074 | 578 | #486 |
| 2013 | — | — | 625 | #454 |
| 2012 | — | — | 661 | #424 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,898 | 685 | #413 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,596 | 726 | #391 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,563 | 845 | #362 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,499 | 833 | #368 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,389 | 968 | #330 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,862 | 1,029 | #313 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,606 | 1,040 | #316 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,102 | 1,017 | #308 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,644 | 1,109 | #282 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,131 | 1,081 | #280 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,403 | 1,180 | #270 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,340 | 1,343 | #251 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,353 | 1,340 | #239 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,218 | 1,318 | #238 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,073 | 1,489 | #209 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,117 | 1,540 | #203 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,744 | 1,689 | #185 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,565 | 1,788 | #177 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,641 | 1,964 | #164 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,389 | 2,165 | #150 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,851 | 2,314 | #138 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,351 | 2,494 | #129 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,393 | 2,675 | #123 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,394 | 2,652 | #116 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,883 | 2,756 | #107 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,072 | 2,705 | #104 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,345 | 2,845 | #103 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,348 | 2,953 | #97 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,800 | 3,047 | #92 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,106 | 3,392 | #87 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,551 | 3,634 | #83 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,083 | 3,804 | #80 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,252 | 4,080 | #75 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,642 | 3,861 | #71 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,096 | 4,152 | #68 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,497 | 4,169 | #66 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,697 | 4,730 | #59 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,405 | 4,880 | #59 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,839 | 5,176 | #56 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,030 | 5,608 | #52 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,493 | 6,584 | #49 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,320 | 7,312 | #46 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,842 | 7,357 | #44 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,172 | 7,403 | #45 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,856 | 7,636 | #43 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,029 | 7,786 | #44 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,892 | 8,215 | #44 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,811 | 9,327 | #42 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,820 | 9,821 | #39 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,561 | 10,633 | #37 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,676 | 12,503 | #34 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,507 | 14,303 | #31 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,385 | 16,043 | #29 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,452 | 16,418 | #29 |
| 1957 | 61 | #1,359 | 16,917 | #28 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,415 | 18,359 | #26 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,388 | 20,436 | #23 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,483 | 20,758 | #21 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,359 | 23,658 | #19 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,320 | 24,552 | #18 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,368 | 24,264 | #17 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,478 | 22,862 | #17 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,472 | 21,746 | #16 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,389 | 21,765 | #17 |
| 1947 | 72 | #1,050 | 23,686 | #17 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,243 | 21,447 | #17 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,315 | 14,990 | #19 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,190 | 13,676 | #20 |
| 1943 | 68 | #955 | 14,116 | #20 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,454 | 13,281 | #20 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,247 | 9,562 | #23 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,174 | 7,845 | #24 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,479 | 6,212 | #34 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,474 | 4,236 | #49 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,992 | 3,160 | #63 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,727 | 2,627 | #74 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,861 | 2,597 | #72 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,108 | 2,053 | #95 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,301 | 1,685 | #106 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,396 | 1,421 | #121 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,287 | 1,202 | #138 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,040 | 1,173 | #145 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,973 | 997 | #154 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,816 | 957 | #159 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,360 | 919 | #165 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,739 | 838 | #173 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,758 | 826 | #177 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,254 | 807 | #178 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,431 | 773 | #181 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,580 | 677 | #198 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,808 | 727 | #190 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,697 | 624 | #207 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,055 | 626 | #202 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,084 | 637 | #203 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,154 | 582 | #199 |
| 1916 | — | — | 532 | #206 |
| 1915 | — | — | 514 | #209 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,702 | 382 | #212 |
| 1913 | — | — | 324 | #205 |
| 1912 | — | — | 268 | #206 |
| 1911 | — | — | 166 | #189 |
| 1910 | — | — | 135 | #196 |
| 1909 | — | — | 120 | #187 |
| 1908 | — | — | 101 | #200 |
| 1907 | — | — | 111 | #191 |
| 1906 | — | — | 89 | #198 |
| 1905 | — | — | 106 | #179 |
| 1904 | — | — | 90 | #196 |
| 1903 | — | — | 75 | #206 |
| 1902 | — | — | 85 | #194 |
| 1901 | — | — | 79 | #183 |
| 1900 | — | — | 132 | #158 |
| 1899 | — | — | 86 | #169 |
| 1898 | — | — | 99 | #166 |
| 1897 | — | — | 96 | #162 |
| 1896 | — | — | 90 | #179 |
| 1895 | — | — | 108 | #142 |
| 1894 | — | — | 84 | #179 |
| 1893 | — | — | 83 | #172 |
| 1892 | — | — | 82 | #191 |
| 1891 | — | — | 89 | #147 |
| 1890 | — | — | 102 | #139 |
| 1889 | — | — | 111 | #128 |
| 1888 | — | — | 106 | #145 |
| 1887 | — | — | 93 | #139 |
| 1886 | — | — | 98 | #138 |
| 1885 | — | — | 112 | #122 |
| 1884 | — | — | 113 | #127 |
| 1883 | — | — | 112 | #115 |
| 1882 | — | — | 135 | #108 |
| 1881 | — | — | 99 | #120 |
| 1880 | — | — | 128 | #106 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).