Dennis

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #707in 2025
  • 1 in 4,483boys in 2025
  • −28%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Maryland

Most popular in 1946. Quieter now: down 28% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,60313,20618801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Dennis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,158
1881983
18821,187
18831,070
1884987
18851,039
1886885
1887917
1888877
18891,004
1890919
1891880
1892672
1893739
1894726
1895920
1896753
1897851
1898807
1899810
1900877
1901742
1902693
1903629
1904702
1905801
1906668
1907756
1908654
1909732
1910695
1911735
1912623
1913632
1914583
1915606
1916598
1917629
1918629
1919639
1920586
1921660
1922622
1923705
1924712
1925740
1926755
1927816
1928864
1929927
19301,069
19311,156
19321,361
19331,699
19341,988
19352,494
19362,533
19372,963
19383,819
19395,612
19406,768
19417,785
19429,616
19439,890
194410,035
194511,138
194613,206
194712,946
194812,404
194912,259
195012,770
195112,887
195212,632
195311,995
195410,182
19559,921
19568,679
19577,842
19587,736
19597,516
19606,708
19615,886
19625,140
19634,835
19644,681
19654,416
19664,366
19674,379
19684,260
19694,114
19703,935
19713,723
19723,458
19733,321
19743,104
19753,029
19762,657
19772,527
19782,352
19792,370
19802,132
19812,029
19821,869
19831,700
19841,636
19851,539
19861,469
19871,476
19881,385
19891,337
19901,214
19911,145
19921,084
19931,001
1994925
1995887
1996813
1997790
1998690
1999698
2000684
2001607
2002557
2003561
2004512
2005521
2006501
2007466
2008408
2009426
2010378
2011361
2012348
2013330
2014301
2015309
2016309
2017279
2018274
2019284
2020240
2021220
2022242
2023250
2024218
2025223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maryland 2.3×
  2. Minnesota 1.6×
  3. New Jersey 1.6×
  4. Virginia 1.5×
  5. Michigan 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
381
Rank in 2025
#707
How rare
1 in 4,483 boys
Since 1880
621,000

Most popular in 1946, at 13,206 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maryland2.3×36
Minnesota1.6×27
New Jersey1.6×44
Virginia1.5×38
Michigan1.4×38

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