Dennis

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dennis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dennis: Recorded every year since 1952, its highest recorded position is #34, and it stood at #156 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
187times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#34highest recorded position
32groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dennis's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#394
1997	#375
1998	#376
1999	#426
2000	#527
2001	#396
2002	#502
2003	#428
2004	#343
2005	#316
2006	#336
2007	#336
2008	#461
2009	#417
2010	#470
2011	#392
2012	#425
2013	#348
2014	#365
2015	#368
2016	#350
2017	#343
2018	#349
2019	#399
2020	#398
2021	#356
2022	#388
2023	#461
2024	#453

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 65 of the 74 years from 1952 to 2025.

In 2024: #133 among boys in Norway, #453 among boys in England and Wales, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #34 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1970
Highest recorded position: #34 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1970).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #156 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Dennis appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 65 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 3,128 births with the name.

Dennis across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dennis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#354 (1952)	#70 (2002)	#156 (2025)	65 of 74	3,128 (1952–2025)	130 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#191 (1964)	#170 (1968)	#655 (2024)	56 of 61	426 (1964–2024)	16 (2002)
England and Wales · Boys	#394 (1996)	#316 (2005)	#453 (2024)	29 of 29	2,644 (1996–2024)	139 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#248 (1997)	#248 (1997)	#392 (2020)	7 of 24	22 (1997–2020)	4 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#34 (1952)	#34 (1952)	#100 (1970)	19 of 19	2,300 (1952–1970)	328 (1952)
New Zealand · Boys	#46 (1954)	#46 (1954)	#98 (1965)	11 of 12	1,129 (1954–1965)	165 (1954)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Norway · Boys the name reached its highest position, #70, in 2002, when 101 births were registered with it. More were registered in 2010 — 130 — in a year it ranked #73.

Dennis by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dennis in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	51	8 of 10	6
1970s	118	10 of 10	12
1980s	223	10 of 10	22
1990s	596	10 of 10	60
2000s	918	10 of 10	92
2010sbusiest	952	10 of 10	95
2020s	265	6 of 10	44

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 95 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 38, from 92 to 130.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Dennis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Dennis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#453	89	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#461	87	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#388	109	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#356	126	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#398	104	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#399	109	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#349	131	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#343	139	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#350	133	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#368	120	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#365	114	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#348	118	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#425	93	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#392	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#470	76	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#417	92	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#461	77	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#336	110	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#336	104	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#316	101	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#343	88	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#428	60	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#502	43	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#396	58	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#527	37	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#426	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#376	60	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#375	61	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#394	54	High	Verified
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	328	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New Zealand	male	#98	60	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#84	75	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#84	81	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#81	89	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#77	87	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#78	82	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#64	112	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#63	111	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#60	116	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#46	151	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#46	165	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#156	34	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#133	40	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#121	48	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#123	46	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#114	51	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#114	46	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#121	53	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#94	80	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#87	92	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#96	79	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#78	111	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#90	88	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#89	91	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#81	105	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#76	123	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#73	130	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#91	92	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#89	97	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#89	93	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#81	107	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#80	104	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#83	96	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#101	76	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#70	101	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#99	68	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#93	84	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#90	84	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#101	71	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#129	57	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#123	56	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#113	62	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#101	70	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#141	47	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#135	52	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#129	58	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#174	39	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#140	52	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#204	29	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#227	25	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#239	24	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#271	19	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#329	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#303	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#326	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#245	20	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#400	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#275	17	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#275	17	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#355	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#329	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#283	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#404	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#386	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#379	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#488	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#336	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#438	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#502	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#443	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#344	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#354	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	16	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #34, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 38 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 328 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Denni · #1843, 23y
Dennie · #1363, 20y
Denny · #645, 29y
Denver · #243, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bernard · #33, 74y
Sally · #36, 74y
Allan · #31, 78y
Owen · #31, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Alicia · #34, 63y
Donald · #34, 68y
Lesley · #34, 68y
Pernille · #34, 64y

Dennis was ranked #34 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dennis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dennis without appearing here.

Dennis moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #313 and #701.
Isaac Compare
In 1974 they stood at #455 and #407 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #283 and #609.
Jack Compare
In 1974 they stood at #455 and #409 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #283 and #493.
Kenneth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #502 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #428 and #633.

Moved ahead of Dennis

Xavier Compare
In 2023 they stood at #509 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #430.
Archie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #435 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #472 and #252.
Jonas Compare
In 1968 they stood at #336 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 1969 that had become #442 and #246.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #375 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #376 and #182.

Moved the opposite way to Dennis

Anders Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 while Anders went from #70 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 while Bjørn went from #2 to #56.

Moved the same way as Dennis

Adam Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 and Adam from #380 to #29.
Aksel Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 and Aksel from #209 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 and Alexander from #351 to #81.
Alfred Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Dennis went from #354 to #156 and Alfred from #159 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dennis

Dennis at a glance

What stands out in Dennis's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dennis across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Dennis by decade in Norway · Boys

Dennis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dennis

Dennis and the names beside it

Dennis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dennis

Moved the opposite way to Dennis

Moved the same way as Dennis

Dennis at a glance

What stands out in Dennis's record

Dennis across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Dennis by decade in Norway · Boys

Dennis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Dennis

Dennis and the names beside it

Dennis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dennis

Moved the opposite way to Dennis

Moved the same way as Dennis