Denis is an established variant of Dennis that peaked in 1952 and has since faded.
Denis is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,712 among boys (95) and #13,640 among girls (6) — overall #3,511 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | 101 | #13,640 | #1,712 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | #11,367 | #1,643 |
| 2023 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,551 |
| 2022 | 109 | 109 | #12,578 | #1,681 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | #9,752 | #1,755 |
| 2020 | 119 | 119 | #5,200 | #1,675 |
| 2019 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,421 |
| 2018 | 95 | 95 | #16,310 | #1,726 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,664 |
| 2016 | 93 | 93 | #16,924 | #1,756 |
| 2015 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,505 |
| 2014 | 108 | 108 | #15,073 | #1,560 |
| 2013 | 129 | 129 | #11,255 | #1,401 |
| 2012 | 131 | 131 | #13,868 | #1,360 |
| 2011 | 130 | 130 | #8,758 | #1,415 |
| 2010 | 143 | 143 | #6,991 | #1,358 |
| 2009 | 169 | 169 | #5,588 | #1,244 |
| 2008 | 166 | 166 | #4,477 | #1,320 |
| 2007 | 185 | 185 | #5,278 | #1,134 |
| 2006 | 186 | 186 | #4,992 | #1,107 |
| 2005 | 169 | 169 | #4,742 | #1,145 |
| 2004 | 173 | 173 | #4,972 | #1,082 |
| 2003 | 170 | 170 | #4,844 | #1,076 |
| 2002 | 142 | 142 | #4,802 | #1,195 |
| 2001 | 131 | 131 | #6,401 | #1,192 |
| 2000 | 129 | 129 | #5,769 | #1,220 |
| 1999 | 110 | 110 | #8,383 | #1,251 |
| 1998 | 124 | 133 | #6,810 | #1,134 |
| 1997 | 117 | — | #7,402 | #1,161 |
| 1996 | 124 | — | #4,632 | #1,156 |
| 1995 | 114 | — | #8,957 | #1,110 |
| 1994 | 111 | — | #5,787 | #1,170 |
| 1993 | 120 | — | #5,044 | #1,119 |
| 1992 | 135 | — | #4,575 | #1,030 |
| 1991 | 136 | — | #6,021 | #967 |
| 1990 | 125 | — | #6,214 | #1,001 |
| 1989 | 130 | — | #5,620 | #953 |
| 1988 | 93 | — | #12,296 | #1,059 |
| 1987 | 117 | — | #4,907 | #939 |
| 1986 | 120 | — | #7,263 | #861 |
| 1985 | 109 | — | #6,136 | #919 |
| 1984 | 86 | — | #8,387 | #1,002 |
| 1983 | 105 | — | #9,321 | #885 |
| 1982 | 98 | — | #5,632 | #973 |
| 1981 | 140 | — | #4,785 | #781 |
| 1980 | 138 | — | #4,788 | #790 |
| 1979 | 115 | — | #8,252 | #835 |
| 1978 | 113 | — | #8,817 | #828 |
| 1977 | 137 | — | #7,044 | #753 |
| 1976 | 152 | — | #4,412 | #711 |
| 1975 | 129 | — | #7,353 | #754 |
| 1974 | 134 | — | — | #710 |
| 1973 | 138 | — | #6,832 | #702 |
| 1972 | 163 | — | #8,575 | #626 |
| 1971 | 177 | — | #6,143 | #633 |
| 1970 | 212 | — | #5,140 | #570 |
| 1969 | 207 | — | #6,106 | #556 |
| 1968 | 234 | — | #4,564 | #504 |
| 1967 | 224 | — | #3,894 | #515 |
| 1966 | 282 | — | #4,576 | #461 |
| 1965 | 275 | — | #6,761 | #474 |
| 1964 | 275 | — | — | #477 |
| 1963 | 309 | — | #5,445 | #455 |
| 1962 | 332 | — | #6,025 | #439 |
| 1961 | 317 | — | #5,428 | #459 |
| 1960 | 374 | — | #3,965 | #416 |
| 1959 | 380 | — | #5,727 | #410 |
| 1958 | 414 | — | #6,317 | #387 |
| 1957 | 398 | — | #4,296 | #388 |
| 1956 | 499 | — | #5,444 | #335 |
| 1955 | 496 | — | #6,044 | #334 |
| 1954 | 583 | — | #4,045 | #297 |
| 1953 | 589 | — | #5,194 | #291 |
| 1952 | 625 | — | #4,591 | #277 |
| 1951 | 541 | — | — | #296 |
| 1950 | 487 | — | #4,864 | #312 |
| 1949 | 393 | — | — | #338 |
| 1948 | 434 | — | #4,797 | #323 |
| 1947 | 496 | — | — | #309 |
| 1946 | 454 | — | #4,549 | #307 |
| 1945 | 332 | — | #4,703 | #329 |
| 1944 | 312 | — | — | #337 |
| 1943 | 343 | — | — | #330 |
| 1942 | 398 | — | #4,230 | #311 |
| 1941 | 302 | — | — | #332 |
| 1940 | 272 | — | — | #346 |
| 1939 | 296 | — | — | #317 |
| 1938 | 249 | — | #3,544 | #359 |
| 1937 | 198 | — | — | #394 |
| 1936 | 166 | — | — | #434 |
| 1935 | 170 | — | — | #431 |
| 1934 | 143 | — | — | #476 |
| 1933 | 146 | — | — | #457 |
| 1932 | 102 | — | — | #587 |
| 1931 | 97 | — | — | #596 |
| 1930 | 88 | — | — | #664 |
| 1929 | 72 | — | — | #745 |
| 1928 | 69 | — | — | #781 |
| 1927 | 74 | — | — | #763 |
| 1926 | 82 | — | — | #700 |
| 1925 | 68 | — | — | #804 |
| 1924 | 58 | — | — | #920 |
| 1923 | 47 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1922 | 54 | — | — | #950 |
| 1921 | 44 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1920 | 48 | — | — | #992 |
| 1919 | 35 | — | — | #1,193 |
| 1918 | 48 | — | — | #967 |
| 1917 | 47 | — | — | #937 |
| 1916 | 38 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1915 | 38 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1914 | 30 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1913 | 21 | — | — | #1,121 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | — | #974 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #998 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #942 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #899 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #704 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #671 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | — | #736 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | — | #614 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #981 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | — | #851 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #698 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #826 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #900 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #836 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #700 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #781 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #658 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #878 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #741 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | — | #547 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #611 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #609 |