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Denise
Pronounced /dəˈniːz/
Rank in 2024
#1,902
Born in 2024
105
Peak year
1961 · #30
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 105 girls were named Denise, about 1 in every 15,364.
- It peaked in 1961 with 15,381 babies, ranked #30.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 373,296 girls have been named Denise since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Denise per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 5.7Boomers1946–64
- 4.5Gen X1965–80
- 1.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 692 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 4,496 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Boomers: 204,472 babies, 5.71 per 1,000. Gen X: 114,598 babies, 4.49 per 1,000. Millennials: 32,677 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,603 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,733 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Denise, from Latin Dionȳsia (feminine form of Dionȳsius, a male name of Ancient Greek origin meaning “follower of Dionysus”). Dionysus is the mythological Greek god of wine responsible for growth of the vines and the originator of winemaking. Doublet of Dionysia.
- A female given name from French, Latin, or Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /dəˈniːz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Denise, CC BY-SA 4.0.