Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dennis

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dennis
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

24,552

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

376

All-time

620,615

Dennis once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 24,552 boys were named Dennis.

In 2024, only 376 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 620,615 Americans have been named Dennis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

195224,552 boys named Dennis

2024376 boys named Dennis

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