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How popular is the name Denny?

Births per year, rank history and how many Dennies are alive today.

Denny (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 697th in 2025 with 51 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 55 babies were given the name, the 645th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 747 in 2024 before climbing back to the 697th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Denny is one spelling of a name also recorded as Deni; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Denny you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Dennies born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 910 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Denny - on average, only one in every 333 such rooms contains a Denny.

How many babies are named Denny each year?

Includes all spellings: Denny, Deni. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0204060200020201996: 71997: 81998: 101999: 92000: 112001: 102002: 82003: 152004: 222005: 152006: 182007: 242008: 212009: 262010: 172011: 192012: 322013: 382014: 452015: 402016: 402017: 452018: 482019: 412020: 472021: 492022: 472023: 592024: 462025: 51actual

Where does the Denny spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,5911997: ranked 1,4541998: ranked 1,2631999: ranked 1,3832000: ranked 1,5522001: ranked 1,3792002: ranked 1,6512003: ranked 1,3262004: ranked 9382005: ranked 1,2992006: ranked 1,1682007: ranked 1,0142008: ranked 1,2942009: ranked 1,0992010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,4472012: ranked 9272013: ranked 8042014: ranked 7542015: ranked 7902016: ranked 8012017: ranked 7862018: ranked 7492019: ranked 7682020: ranked 7062021: ranked 7042022: ranked 7142023: ranked 6452024: ranked 7472025: ranked 697

Where does the Deni spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020202000: ranked 3,0362003: ranked 3,4672008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 4,5272011: ranked 4,6472014: ranked 4,6322017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 3,9592023: ranked 4,108

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Denny most popular?

Denny peaked in 2023, when 59 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Denny?

At least 910 people named Denny in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Denny?

Most living Dennies are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 2.

Is Denny becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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