Denzil

Denzil was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).

Denzil as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Denzil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Denzil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025—#5,137 (3)—
2023—#3,524 (5)—
2022—#4,002 (4)—
2020#10,605 (6)#4,608 (3)—
2019#10,803 (6)——
2018—#4,749 (3)—
2017#9,696 (7)——
2016#10,744 (6)#3,478 (5)—
2015#7,491 (10)#3,004 (6)—
2014#8,130 (9)——
2013—#3,822 (4)—
2011#10,808 (6)——
2010#8,803 (8)#4,678 (3)—
2009#8,985 (8)#2,126 (9)—
2008#6,070 (14)#4,432 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2004 at #1,498.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
  • In 1930, 10% of US babies named Denzil were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales 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.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DenzilCanadaBoys—too few
DenzilEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
DenzilNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DenzilUSGirls—too few
DenzilUSBoys—too few