Dennis

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.

From Wikipedia

Dennis first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1978 with 1,760 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dennis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dennis yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

38,369
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
1,760
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195510#467
195621#346
195718#373
195828#314
195933#295
196038#280
196146#267
196250#254
196384#194
1964125#153
1965129#151
1966212#97
1967399#64
1968470#56
1969676#45
1970834#32
19711,117#19
19721,275#14
19731,331#9
19741,373#5
19751,469#4
19761,336#5
19771,485#3
19781,760#3
19791,504#3
19801,379#3
19811,320#3
19821,212#4
19831,145#5
19841,196#4
19851,188#2
19861,137#4
19871,203#3
1988963#7
1989906#9
1990896#9
1991941#8
19921,000#6
19931,128#3
1994996#5
1995830#4
1996723#12
1997704#15
1998680#16
1999493#33
2000471#38
2001361#50
2002288#70
2003280#67
2004208#93
2005189#97
2006138#130
2007132#132
2008105#163
2009102#160
201067#222
201167#220
201245#280
201325#392
201428#366