# Denzel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/denzel/  
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 | /ˈdɛnzɛl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,779 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,738 / 41 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 960, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 5 | 3,750 |
| 1916 | 7 | 3,636 |
| 1918 | 5 | 5,006 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,582 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,951 |
| 1990 | 6 | 11,774 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,061 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 155 | 1,156 |
| 2012 | 200 | 993 |
| 2013 | 203 | 985 |
| 2014 | 183 | 1,068 |
| 2015 | 189 | 1,051 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,111 |
| 2017 | 194 | 1,038 |
| 2018 | 181 | 1,090 |
| 2019 | 165 | 1,174 |
| 2020 | 163 | 1,182 |
| 2021 | 135 | 1,368 |
| 2022 | 198 | 1,095 |
| 2023 | 196 | 1,095 |
| 2024 | 217 | 1,026 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,166 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 798 |
| 2012 | 41 | 783 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,040 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 43 | 770 |
| 2024 | 53 | 685 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Denzel

- Denzel Washington, American actor (born 1954)
- Denzel Dumfries, Dutch association football player (born 1996)
- Denzel Curry, American rapper from Florida (born 1995)
- Denzel Whitaker, American actor
- Denzel Valentine, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Denzel Ward, American football player (born 1997)
- Denzel Comenentia, Dutch athlete

## 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.