Denzil
Denzil is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 589th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193796 births
- Best rank
- #589in 1937
- Since 1897
- 3,775people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,775 boys have been named Denzil in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 96 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 96 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Denzil | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 384 | |
| 1920s | 698 | |
| 1930s | 668 | |
| 1940s | 543 | |
| 1950s | 453 | |
| 1960s | 276 | |
| 1970s | 207 | |
| 1980s | 128 | |
| 1990s | 203 | |
| 2000s | 107 | |
| 2010s | 52 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1937, its biggest year
Denzil was the 589th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1937 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Denzil
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlinpeak 1927
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Verlinpeak 1929
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Elroypeak 1922
- Sherwoodpeak 1938
- Winfordpeak 1928
- Delmarpeak 1931
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.