Denny

maleStatistical record

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

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

Denny: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #645, and it stood at #747 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#645highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2005	#4798
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2019	#5591
2023	#4709

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #706 among boys in England and Wales, #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #645 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #747 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Denny appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 788 births with the name.

Denny across 3 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.

Denny'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#645 (2023)	#747 (2024)	29 of 29	788 (1996–2024)	55 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3848 (1998)	#4709 (2023)	6 of 26	21 (1998–2023)	4 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#646 (2019)	#646 (2019)	#741 (2020)	2 of 2	7 (2019–2020)	4 (2019)

Denny by decade in England and Wales · 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 Denny in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	158	10 of 10	16
2010s	352	10 of 10	35
2020sbusiest	244	5 of 10	49

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 49 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Denny 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #645 in England and Wales in 2023.

Denny'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	#747	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#645	55	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#714	47	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#704	49	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#768	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#749	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#786	42	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#790	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#938	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #645, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 23 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.

Dennie · #1363, 20y
Dennis · #34, 74y
Denver · #243, 31y
Denys · #2921, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Naila · #647, 30y
Rumaisa · #643, 28y
Arlen · #641, 27y
Cosmo · #651, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Avneet · #645, 29y
Halimah · #645, 29y
Nimra · #645, 29y
Uzma · #645, 28y

Denny was ranked #645 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. 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.

Denny 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 Denny without appearing here.

Denny moved ahead of

Leif Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1591 and #1591 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1383 and #2943.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #2857.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1299 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.
Conan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1342 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #927 and #1962.

Moved ahead of Denny

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #938 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #982.
Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #749 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #768 and #634.
Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #1425.

Moved the opposite way to Denny

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Denny

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denny went from #1591 to #747 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #645 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Denny

Denny at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Denny across 3 official records

Denny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Denny across 3 official records

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