Denton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Denton is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,529 for boy births in the United States (and #7,605 across all names), given to 32 babies. Denton was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1994 (89 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | #3,529 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #4,009 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | #3,188 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | #3,113 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | #4,041 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | #3,065 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #3,258 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | #2,355 |
| 2016 | 42 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2015 | 52 | 52 | #2,438 |
| 2014 | 48 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2013 | 56 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2012 | 53 | 53 | #2,385 |
| 2011 | 53 | 53 | #2,383 |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #2,695 |
| 2009 | 47 | 47 | #2,628 |
| 2008 | 48 | 48 | #2,597 |
| 2007 | 46 | 46 | #2,657 |
| 2006 | 67 | 67 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 48 | 48 | #2,405 |
| 2004 | 49 | 49 | #2,320 |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | #2,685 |
| 2002 | 54 | 54 | #2,026 |
| 2001 | 61 | 61 | #1,824 |
| 2000 | 70 | 70 | #1,656 |
| 1999 | 50 | 50 | #1,939 |
| 1998 | 62 | 62 | #1,671 |
| 1997 | 75 | — | #1,441 |
| 1996 | 66 | — | #1,522 |
| 1995 | 84 | — | #1,278 |
| 1994 | 89 | — | #1,220 |
| 1993 | 72 | — | #1,347 |
| 1992 | 64 | — | #1,439 |
| 1991 | 48 | — | #1,706 |
| 1990 | 60 | — | #1,457 |
| 1989 | 68 | — | #1,328 |
| 1988 | 50 | — | #1,505 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | #1,342 |
| 1986 | 57 | — | #1,288 |
| 1985 | 53 | — | #1,321 |
| 1984 | 56 | — | #1,229 |
| 1983 | 44 | — | #1,431 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | #1,572 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | #1,342 |
| 1980 | 45 | — | #1,415 |
| 1979 | 29 | — | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 32 | — | #1,697 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | #1,548 |
| 1976 | 43 | — | #1,357 |
| 1975 | 35 | — | #1,516 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #1,393 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | #1,258 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | #1,235 |
| 1971 | 54 | — | #1,114 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | #1,281 |
| 1969 | 41 | — | #1,236 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | #1,483 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | #1,452 |
| 1966 | 29 | — | #1,431 |
| 1965 | 32 | — | #1,364 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | #1,177 |
| 1963 | 47 | — | #1,128 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | #1,430 |
| 1961 | 40 | — | #1,253 |
| 1960 | 41 | — | #1,232 |
| 1959 | 48 | — | #1,120 |
| 1958 | 42 | — | #1,189 |
| 1957 | 35 | — | #1,321 |
| 1956 | 45 | — | #1,132 |
| 1955 | 44 | — | #1,115 |
| 1954 | 40 | — | #1,188 |
| 1953 | 33 | — | #1,313 |
| 1952 | 43 | — | #1,119 |
| 1951 | 37 | — | #1,199 |
| 1950 | 56 | — | #920 |
| 1949 | 46 | — | #1,033 |
| 1948 | 42 | — | #1,096 |
| 1947 | 50 | — | #1,014 |
| 1946 | 52 | — | #926 |
| 1945 | 50 | — | #903 |
| 1944 | 43 | — | #994 |
| 1943 | 49 | — | #962 |
| 1942 | 65 | — | #797 |
| 1941 | 41 | — | #1,008 |
| 1940 | 33 | — | #1,164 |
| 1939 | 49 | — | #891 |
| 1938 | 38 | — | #1,048 |
| 1937 | 39 | — | #1,023 |
| 1936 | 37 | — | #1,055 |
| 1935 | 47 | — | #925 |
| 1934 | 40 | — | #1,025 |
| 1933 | 33 | — | #1,149 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #1,079 |
| 1931 | 44 | — | #1,000 |
| 1930 | 42 | — | #1,072 |
| 1929 | 34 | — | #1,200 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | #1,060 |
| 1927 | 44 | — | #1,062 |
| 1926 | 38 | — | #1,164 |
| 1925 | 41 | — | #1,092 |
| 1924 | 27 | — | #1,466 |
| 1923 | 37 | — | #1,180 |
| 1922 | 48 | — | #1,027 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,235 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #1,095 |
| 1919 | 40 | — | #1,084 |
| 1918 | 40 | — | #1,083 |
| 1917 | 35 | — | #1,138 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,215 |
| 1915 | 34 | — | #1,107 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | #1,005 |
| 1913 | 24 | — | #1,028 |
| 1912 | 19 | — | #1,068 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,060 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,137 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | #896 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #739 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #950 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #724 |