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Denton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 32 in 2025. Its best rank was #724 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #724 in 1881; #3,529 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Denton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,529 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #724.
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Denton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 32 boys in 2025. Peak: #724 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 89 (1994).
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Denton, making it the 3,529th most common boys’ name of the year, up 480 places from #4,009 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 27 boys named Denton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #724, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 89, in 1994. For comparison, it was #2,438 in 2015 and #920 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Denton in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 7 babies. In all, 5,143 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 670 babies named Denton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 371 US boys were named Denton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 55. In 2025 that was about 1 in 53,377 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 32 | #3,529 |
| 2024 | — | — | 27 | #4,009 |
| 2023 | — | — | 38 | #3,188 |
| 2022 | — | — | 39 | #3,113 |
| 2021 | — | — | 26 | #4,041 |
| 2020 | — | — | 38 | #3,033 |
| 2019 | — | — | 39 | #3,065 |
| 2018 | — | — | 35 | #3,258 |
| 2017 | — | — | 55 | #2,355 |
| 2016 | — | — | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2015 | — | — | 52 | #2,438 |
| 2014 | — | — | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2013 | — | — | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2012 | — | — | 53 | #2,385 |
| 2011 | — | — | 53 | #2,383 |
| 2010 | — | — | 45 | #2,695 |
| 2009 | — | — | 47 | #2,628 |
| 2008 | — | — | 48 | #2,597 |
| 2007 | — | — | 46 | #2,657 |
| 2006 | — | — | 67 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | — | — | 48 | #2,405 |
| 2004 | — | — | 49 | #2,320 |
| 2003 | — | — | 37 | #2,685 |
| 2002 | — | — | 54 | #2,026 |
| 2001 | — | — | 61 | #1,824 |
| 2000 | — | — | 70 | #1,656 |
| 1999 | — | — | 50 | #1,939 |
| 1998 | — | — | 62 | #1,671 |
| 1997 | — | — | 75 | #1,441 |
| 1996 | — | — | 66 | #1,522 |
| 1995 | — | — | 84 | #1,278 |
| 1994 | — | — | 89 | #1,220 |
| 1993 | — | — | 72 | #1,347 |
| 1992 | — | — | 64 | #1,439 |
| 1991 | — | — | 48 | #1,706 |
| 1990 | — | — | 60 | #1,457 |
| 1989 | — | — | 68 | #1,328 |
| 1988 | — | — | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,342 |
| 1986 | — | — | 57 | #1,288 |
| 1985 | — | — | 53 | #1,321 |
| 1984 | — | — | 56 | #1,229 |
| 1983 | — | — | 44 | #1,431 |
| 1982 | — | — | 39 | #1,572 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,342 |
| 1980 | — | — | 45 | #1,415 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,697 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,548 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,357 |
| 1975 | — | — | 35 | #1,516 |
| 1974 | — | — | 38 | #1,393 |
| 1973 | — | — | 43 | #1,258 |
| 1972 | — | — | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1971 | — | — | 54 | #1,114 |
| 1970 | — | — | 42 | #1,281 |
| 1969 | — | — | 41 | #1,236 |
| 1968 | — | — | 28 | #1,483 |
| 1967 | — | — | 28 | #1,452 |
| 1966 | — | — | 29 | #1,431 |
| 1965 | — | — | 32 | #1,364 |
| 1964 | — | — | 43 | #1,177 |
| 1963 | — | — | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,430 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,253 |
| 1960 | — | — | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1959 | — | — | 48 | #1,120 |
| 1958 | — | — | 42 | #1,189 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,321 |
| 1956 | — | — | 45 | #1,132 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,115 |
| 1954 | — | — | 40 | #1,188 |
| 1953 | — | — | 33 | #1,313 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,119 |
| 1951 | — | — | 37 | #1,199 |
| 1950 | — | — | 56 | #920 |
| 1949 | — | — | 46 | #1,033 |
| 1948 | — | — | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1947 | — | — | 50 | #1,014 |
| 1946 | — | — | 52 | #926 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #903 |
| 1944 | — | — | 43 | #994 |
| 1943 | — | — | 49 | #962 |
| 1942 | — | — | 65 | #797 |
| 1941 | — | — | 41 | #1,008 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,164 |
| 1939 | — | — | 49 | #891 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,048 |
| 1937 | — | — | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1936 | — | — | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1935 | — | — | 47 | #925 |
| 1934 | — | — | 40 | #1,025 |
| 1933 | — | — | 33 | #1,149 |
| 1932 | — | — | 39 | #1,079 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #1,000 |
| 1930 | — | — | 42 | #1,072 |
| 1929 | — | — | 34 | #1,200 |
| 1928 | — | — | 43 | #1,060 |
| 1927 | — | — | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1926 | — | — | 38 | #1,164 |
| 1925 | — | — | 41 | #1,092 |
| 1924 | — | — | 27 | #1,466 |
| 1923 | — | — | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1922 | — | — | 48 | #1,027 |
| 1921 | — | — | 35 | #1,235 |
| 1920 | — | — | 42 | #1,095 |
| 1919 | — | — | 40 | #1,084 |
| 1918 | — | — | 40 | #1,083 |
| 1917 | — | — | 35 | #1,138 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,215 |
| 1915 | — | — | 34 | #1,107 |
| 1914 | — | — | 31 | #1,005 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,028 |
| 1912 | — | — | 19 | #1,068 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,060 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,137 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #896 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #739 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #950 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #724 |
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).