Masculine dossier · first seen 1889

Denny

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

Endangered Down 94.8% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

440

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1889Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

94.8%

2024

All-time

15,391

Denny 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 1947, when 440 boys were named Denny.

In 2024, only 23 boys were given the name.

Down 94.8% from its peak.

All told, about 15,391 Americans have been named Denny and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.8% from peak

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