# Denver (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/denver/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “crossing”, “passing of the danes”, “valley-bank” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛnvɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,413 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,178 / 4,235 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 764, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.

## 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 | 59 | 2,919 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,690 |
| 2013 | 82 | 2,265 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,697 |
| 2015 | 197 | 1,241 |
| 2016 | 181 | 1,321 |
| 2017 | 218 | 1,138 |
| 2018 | 249 | 1,037 |
| 2019 | 300 | 891 |
| 2020 | 295 | 896 |
| 2021 | 365 | 778 |
| 2022 | 323 | 862 |
| 2023 | 360 | 782 |
| 2024 | 362 | 780 |
| 2025 | 326 | 836 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 142 | 1,230 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,251 |
| 2013 | 162 | 1,119 |
| 2014 | 188 | 1,054 |
| 2015 | 242 | 899 |
| 2016 | 269 | 839 |
| 2017 | 274 | 821 |
| 2018 | 370 | 675 |
| 2019 | 423 | 636 |
| 2020 | 542 | 526 |
| 2021 | 579 | 508 |
| 2022 | 645 | 480 |
| 2023 | 590 | 510 |
| 2024 | 633 | 488 |
| 2025 | 578 | 518 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Denver

- Denver Pyle, American actor (1920-1997)
- Denver Riggleman, American businessman and politician from Virginia
- Denver S. Dickerson, 11th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party. (1872-1925)

## 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.