NameTides

Denzel

Denzel was the #1,166 boys' name in the US in 2025 (177 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Denzel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Denzel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Denzel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,166 (177)#976 (31)#560 (5)—#829 (3)#1,311 (18)
2024#1,026 (217)#685 (53)——#655 (4)#1,205 (19)
2023#1,094 (196)#770 (43)#614 (4)—#770 (3)#1,192 (18)
2022#1,093 (198)#862 (36)——#779 (3)#1,415 (14)
2021#1,365 (135)#1,184 (23)———#1,151 (19)
2020#1,177 (163)#921 (31)——#741 (3)#1,176 (18)
2019#1,171 (165)#1,506 (16)———#1,152 (18)
2018#1,090 (181)#1,040 (27)———#1,175 (17)
2017#1,036 (194)#906 (34)———#1,008 (22)
2016#1,110 (176)#1,050 (27)———#1,000 (22)
2015#1,049 (189)#903 (33)———#873 (26)
2014#1,068 (183)#781 (40)#680 (3)—#508 (6)#1,032 (20)
2013#985 (203)#837 (36)———#977 (22)
2012#993 (200)#783 (41)——#548 (5)#996 (21)
2011#1,155 (155)#798 (38)—#375 (3)#623 (4)#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #311.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1906.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Denzel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,400 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Denzel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #887FL
Denzel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Denzel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DenzelCanadaBoys#1,31118
DenzelEngland & WalesBoys#97631
DenzelIrelandBoys#8293
DenzelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DenzelScotlandBoys#5605
DenzelUSGirls—too few
DenzelUSBoys#1,166177