# Denny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/denny/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,819 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,417 / 402 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 860, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 11 | 4,959 |
| 1974 | 11 | 5,087 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,354 |
| 1976 | 17 | 3,843 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,474 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,818 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,818 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,452 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,574 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,778 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,019 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,528 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,084 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,480 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,008 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,831 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,679 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,720 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,573 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,545 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,398 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,314 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,509 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,304 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,040 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,555 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,734 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,348 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,284 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 42 | 754 |
| 2015 | 40 | 790 |
| 2016 | 40 | 801 |
| 2017 | 42 | 786 |
| 2018 | 44 | 749 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 49 | 704 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 55 | 645 |
| 2024 | 46 | 747 |
| 2025 | 51 | 697 |

## People named Denny

- Denny Landzaat, Dutch footballer (born 1976)
- Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (1940–2007)
- Denny Morrison, Canadian speed skater (born 1985)
- Denny Vrandečić, Croatian computer scientist
- Denny Hamlin, American racing driver and team owner (born 1980)
- Denny Miller, American actor (1934-2014)
- Denny Rehberg, American politician
- Denny Kantono, badminton player
- Denny Méndez, Dominican Republic model and actor
- Denny Moyer, American boxer
- Denny Dillon, actress, comedian
- Denny Carmassi, American drummer

## 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.