Denver

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Denver: Recorded since 1980, it reached #243 in 2001, and it stood at #945 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2008	#4524
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#2711
2022	#3533
2023	#2504
2024	#4192

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 Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 40 years from 1980 to 2019.

In 2022: #414 among boys in Northern Ireland, #799 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2022
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Denver appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 569 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1980.

Denver across 4 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.

Denver'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#321 (1980)	#646 (2019)	3 of 40	10 (1980–2019)	4 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#738 (2021)	#945 (2024)	29 of 29	569 (1996–2024)	46 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#2165 (1998)	#4192 (2024)	26 of 28	146 (1997–2024)	10 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#243 (2001)	#414 (2022)	8 of 25	26 (1998–2022)	4 (2001)

Denver 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 Denver in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000s	143	10 of 10	14
2010s	203	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	177	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Denver 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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Denver'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	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#799	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#738	46	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1980 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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.

Dennis · #34, 74y
Denny · #645, 29y
Denys · #2921, 10y
Denzel · #305, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Deon · #243, 29y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Kain · #243, 29y
Luc · #243, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Agne · #243, 22y
Cal · #244, 32y
Usman · #244, 46y
Eir · #240, 29y

Denver was ranked #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Denver 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 Denver without appearing here.

Denver moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Denver

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Denver

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Denver

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Denver went from #1591 to #945 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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Denver

Denver at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Denver across 4 official records

Denver by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Denver appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Denver

Denver and the names beside it

Denver moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Denver

Moved the opposite way to Denver

Moved the same way as Denver

Denver at a glance

Denver across 4 official records

Denver by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Denver appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Denver

Denver and the names beside it

Denver moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Denver

Moved the opposite way to Denver

Moved the same way as Denver