Denzel Boy
How popular is Denzel?
#1,166 boy name in 2025
177 baby boys were named Denzel in the US in 2025, making it the 1166th most popular boy name.
Denzel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,166 for boys (▼ 140 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 177 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,049 in 2015, #1,177 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (864 boys) |
| Highest rank | #311 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1906 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Denzel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Denzel family of names ranked #1,028 for boys in 2025 (#923 the year before), with 189 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Denzel | 177 | 94% |
| Denzell | 12 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Denzel is most popular
Babies named Denzel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (86 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (73 boys)
Denzel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,110 |
| 1910s | 155 | #1,138 |
| 1920s | 265 | #1,192 |
| 1930s | 202 | #1,175 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,276 |
| 1950s | 123 | #1,951 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,365 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 248 | #1,446 |
| 1990s | 5,453 | #311 |
| 2000s | 2,121 | #707 |
| 2010s | 1,826 | #985 |
| 2020s | 1,086 | #1,026 |
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Questions
- Is Denzel a boy or girl name?
- Denzel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Denzel were boys.
- How popular is the name Denzel?
- 177 baby boys were named Denzel in the US in 2025, making it the 1166th most popular boy name.
- When was Denzel most popular?
- Denzel peaked in 1993, when 864 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #311 in 1993.
- How many people are named Denzel?
- 11,779 babies have been named Denzel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,785 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Denzel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Denzel was most common in Maryland, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.