Masculine dossier · first seen 1897

Denzil

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1937

Peak era

1937

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1897Peak 19372024

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,775

Denzil is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1937, when 96 boys were named Denzil.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,775 Americans have been named Denzil and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1937

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