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Denver

Pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/

Rank in 2024
#487
Born in 2024
633
Peak year
2022 · #481
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:362 in 2024 (#778)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 633 boys were named Denver, about 1 in every 2,710.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 644 babies, ranked #481.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 18,593 boys have been named Denver since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Denver per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,569 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 2,581 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,486 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,604 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,862 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,496 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,913 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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.

  • A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɛnvɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Denver, CC BY-SA 4.0.