Denise Girl
How popular is Denise?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Denise in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Denise popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▲ 222 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #997 in 2015, #876 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (15,379 girls) |
| Highest rank | #23 in 1955 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Denise counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Denise family of names ranked #922 for girls in 2025 (#977 the year before), with 234 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Denise is most popular
Babies named Denise per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (148 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (130 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Denise by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #908 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,537 |
| 1910s | 203 | #1,303 |
| 1920s | 633 | #678 |
| 1930s | 1,646 | #404 |
| 1940s | 10,105 | #140 |
| 1950s | 123,783 | #23 |
| 1960s | 128,824 | #25 |
| 1970s | 55,868 | #35 |
| 1980s | 25,113 | #95 |
| 1990s | 13,747 | #152 |
| 2000s | 9,062 | #298 |
| 2010s | 3,319 | #488 |
| 2020s | 1,043 | #876 |
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Questions
- Is Denise a boy or girl name?
- Denise is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Denise were girls.
- How popular is the name Denise?
- 123 baby girls were named Denise in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Denise most popular?
- Denise peaked in 1961, when 15,379 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #23, held for 2 years starting in 1955.
- How many people are named Denise?
- 374,789 babies have been named Denise in the US since 1880. We estimate about 328,427 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Denise most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Denise was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.