Denzel
Denzel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 215 births. Its best rank was 311th, in 1993.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2150.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1993864 births
- Best rank
- #311in 1993
- Since 1906
- 11,562people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,562 boys have been named Denzel in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 864 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 47%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Denzel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 155 | |
| 1920s | 265 | |
| 1930s | 202 | |
| 1940s | 154 | |
| 1950s | 123 | |
| 1960s | 73 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 248 | |
| 1990s | 5,453 | |
| 2000s | 2,121 | |
| 2010s | 1,825 | |
| 2020s | 906 |
In 1993, its biggest year
Denzel was the 311th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Denzel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Denzellpeak 1992
- Devontepeak 1992
- Rakeempeak 1992
- Jeanlucpeak 1992
- Shadowpeak 1993
- Dijonpeak 1991
- Kieferpeak 1991
- Keiferpeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
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.