Denzil

Boy · recorded 1897–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1897

0459018971928195919892020

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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 114 recorded years as a table
Denzil, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189744
189841
190047
190660
190741
190865
190955
191158
191233
191335
191461
191555
191660
191772
191864
191968
192070
192161
192262
192380
192463
192555
192655
192760
192867
192961
193042
193171
193268
193370
193462
193553
193662
193790
193870
193946
194035
194137
194243
194343
194432
194543
194638
194733
194823
194941
195022
195128
195222
195322
195426
195516
195627
195722
195819
195920
196015
196116
196218
196315
196416
196514
196612
196710
196816
196910
197015
197111
197216
197315
197411
197513
197611
197711
197813
197910
198010
19816
19828
19835
19848
19855
19864
19877
19888
19896
199011
199111
199215
199310
199413
199512
19968
19978
199813
19993
20005
20015
20025
20038
20046
20055
20066
20073
20087
20094
20104
20113
20145
20155
20163
20174
20193
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Denzil 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 2020
6
Rank in 2020
#10,605
How rare
1 in 287,679 boys
Since 1897
3,775

Denzil was last recorded in 2020. 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 1937, at 90 per million boys born.

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

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