Dencil

Boy · recorded 1916–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1930best year

Most popular in 1930.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dencil.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

051019161931194719621977

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Dencil, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19167
19176
19199
19217
19226
19236
19246
19255
19265
19276
192810
19297
193010
19319
19326
19338
19349
193510
19367
19377
19385
19398
19416
19434
19454
19466
19477
19484
19495
19513
19533
19542
19563
19572
19583
19592
19604
19773

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dencil isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#5,845
How rare
1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1916
274

Dencil was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1930, at 10 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dencil doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.