# Denys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/denys/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 641 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 215 / 426 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11 | 7,541 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,655 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,918 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9,802 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7,652 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,085 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,152 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,879 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,703 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,334 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,063 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,635 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10,801 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,993 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,475 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | 8,166 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,131 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,520 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,309 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,891 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,074 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,533 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,306 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,311 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,635 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,500 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,418 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,488 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,421 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Denys

- Denys Arcand, Canadian film director
- Denys Calvaert, Flemish-Italian painter (1540-1619)
- Denys de La Patellière, French film director and scriptwriter (1921–2013)
- Denys Popov, association football player (1999-)
- Denys Berinchyk, Amateur World Championship runner-up, Ukrainian Boxer
- Denys Lasdun, British architect (1914–2001)
- Denys Kulakov, footballer
- Denys Finch Hatton, British aristocrat (1887-1931)
- Denys Holaydo, footballer
- Denys Kozhanov, Footballer
- Denys Cochin, French writer and Catholic right-wing politician (1851-1922)
- Denys Williams, Acting Governor-general of Barbados

## 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.