Denny is an established variant of Dean that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Denny is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,284 for boy births in the United States (and #9,159 across all names), given to 24 babies. Denny first appears in 1889 and peaked in 1947 (439 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,284 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,348 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,734 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,555 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,040 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | #12,480 | #5,304 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,509 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,314 |
| 2017 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,398 |
| 2016 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,545 |
| 2015 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,573 |
| 2014 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,720 |
| 2013 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,679 |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,008 |
| 2010 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,126 |
| 2009 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,535 |
| 2008 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,106 |
| 2007 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,748 |
| 2006 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,776 |
| 2005 | 68 | 68 | — | #1,872 |
| 2004 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,735 |
| 2003 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,689 |
| 2002 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,533 |
| 2001 | 68 | 68 | — | #1,702 |
| 2000 | 66 | 71 | — | #1,715 |
| 1999 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,647 |
| 1997 | 103 | — | #14,330 | #1,207 |
| 1996 | 102 | — | #14,084 | #1,182 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | — | #1,240 |
| 1994 | 90 | — | — | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 83 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1992 | 98 | — | — | #1,110 |
| 1991 | 114 | — | — | #1,009 |
| 1990 | 93 | — | #13,528 | #1,156 |
| 1989 | 118 | — | — | #938 |
| 1988 | 112 | — | — | #905 |
| 1987 | 121 | — | #9,019 | #877 |
| 1986 | 116 | — | #8,778 | #870 |
| 1985 | 124 | — | #8,574 | #825 |
| 1984 | 101 | — | — | #875 |
| 1983 | 122 | — | — | #792 |
| 1982 | 164 | — | #8,452 | #693 |
| 1981 | 139 | — | #10,818 | #755 |
| 1980 | 139 | — | — | #746 |
| 1979 | 139 | — | — | #733 |
| 1978 | 155 | — | #8,818 | #689 |
| 1977 | 198 | — | #6,474 | #611 |
| 1976 | 182 | — | #3,843 | #640 |
| 1975 | 207 | — | #7,354 | #570 |
| 1974 | 228 | — | #5,087 | #544 |
| 1973 | 209 | — | #4,959 | #565 |
| 1972 | 235 | — | #4,864 | #529 |
| 1971 | 224 | — | #6,767 | #547 |
| 1970 | 244 | — | — | #517 |
| 1969 | 273 | — | #6,831 | #468 |
| 1968 | 204 | — | — | #535 |
| 1967 | 200 | — | #7,035 | #532 |
| 1966 | 215 | — | — | #517 |
| 1965 | 243 | — | #5,970 | #496 |
| 1964 | 233 | — | #6,179 | #519 |
| 1963 | 280 | — | #6,831 | #482 |
| 1962 | 268 | — | #4,612 | #493 |
| 1961 | 265 | — | #5,994 | #489 |
| 1960 | 322 | — | #3,545 | #456 |
| 1959 | 333 | — | #3,011 | #451 |
| 1958 | 318 | — | #3,414 | #448 |
| 1957 | 306 | — | #3,524 | #449 |
| 1956 | 266 | — | #3,744 | #473 |
| 1955 | 248 | — | #3,846 | #476 |
| 1954 | 226 | — | #5,940 | #486 |
| 1953 | 258 | — | #3,316 | #457 |
| 1952 | 260 | — | #3,880 | #446 |
| 1951 | 279 | — | #3,774 | #415 |
| 1950 | 302 | — | #4,866 | #392 |
| 1949 | 278 | — | #4,800 | #408 |
| 1948 | 334 | — | #4,289 | #376 |
| 1947 | 445 | — | #4,879 | #325 |
| 1946 | 397 | — | #4,550 | #325 |
| 1945 | 278 | — | #4,704 | #360 |
| 1944 | 302 | — | #3,774 | #347 |
| 1943 | 310 | — | #3,090 | #353 |
| 1942 | 310 | — | #3,825 | #346 |
| 1941 | 229 | — | #4,555 | #383 |
| 1940 | 187 | — | — | #426 |
| 1939 | 229 | — | #3,518 | #381 |
| 1938 | 169 | — | #3,545 | #455 |
| 1937 | 141 | — | — | #478 |
| 1936 | 145 | — | #3,800 | #477 |
| 1935 | 135 | — | #3,223 | #509 |
| 1934 | 140 | — | #3,225 | #501 |
| 1933 | 105 | — | — | #558 |
| 1932 | 86 | — | — | #659 |
| 1931 | 60 | — | — | #809 |
| 1930 | 76 | — | — | #718 |
| 1929 | 76 | — | #4,185 | #766 |
| 1928 | 70 | — | — | #775 |
| 1927 | 62 | — | — | #859 |
| 1926 | 55 | — | #3,644 | #1,011 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | — | #1,127 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | — | #1,466 |
| 1922 | 38 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1921 | 40 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1920 | 32 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | — | #1,825 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | — | #1,728 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | — | #1,371 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | — | #1,978 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | — | #1,517 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | — | #1,461 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | — | #1,373 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,650 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,182 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,433 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #1,006 |