# Deniz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deniz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Turkish |
| Meaning | “sea” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,122 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,212 / 910 (43% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,555, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Deniz, from a variant of the personal name Denís. * Borrowed from Turkish Deniz, an ornamental surname from deniz (“sea”).

## What it means

Deniz is grouped under sea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 12,471 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,316 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,307 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,351 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,708 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,558 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,418 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,206 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,802 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,237 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,274 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,047 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,032 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,799 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,178 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,010 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,248 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,519 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,765 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,981 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,343 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,462 |
| 2018 | 54 | 2,424 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,344 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,441 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,481 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,516 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,120 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,611 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 732 |
| 2012 | 58 | 606 |
| 2013 | 60 | 589 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 50 | 677 |
| 2016 | 60 | 597 |
| 2017 | 70 | 554 |
| 2018 | 61 | 596 |
| 2019 | 70 | 541 |
| 2020 | 59 | 601 |
| 2021 | 57 | 641 |
| 2022 | 42 | 771 |
| 2023 | 57 | 625 |
| 2024 | 48 | 729 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## People named Deniz

- Deniz Undav, German association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.