Denton
Denton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 724th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199489 births
- Best rank
- #724in 1881
- Since 1881
- 5,111people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,111 boys have been named Denton in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 89 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Denton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | |
| 1890s | 9 | |
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 273 | |
| 1920s | 389 | |
| 1930s | 408 | |
| 1940s | 471 | |
| 1950s | 423 | |
| 1960s | 359 | |
| 1970s | 397 | |
| 1980s | 516 | |
| 1990s | 670 | |
| 2000s | 527 | |
| 2010s | 478 | |
| 2020s | 168 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Denton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Denton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Blaspeak 1988
- Hilariopeak 1996
- Sabinopeak 2001
- Nilespeak 1998
- Evaristopeak 1971
- Clementepeak 1996
- Silveriopeak 2001
- Nilspeak 1970
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.