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Denis
Pronounced /ˈdɛnɪs/
Rank in 2024
#1,644
Born in 2024
103
Peak year
1952 · #277
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 103 boys were named Denis, about 1 in every 16,654.
- It peaked in 1952 with 618 babies, ranked #277.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 20,636 boys have been named Denis since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Denis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 817 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 3,738 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,292 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,700 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,650 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,044 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,233 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdɛnɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Denis, CC BY-SA 4.0.