girls:
863 births since 1961
#4853 (15th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1963
#3481 (24th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1961
#5786 (25th percentile)
The name Deniz is the #5,786 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,985 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 25.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,481 (24.1% percentile) for all time with 1,122 births since 1963. For girls, it ranks #4,853 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 1961.
Deniz first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1963 for boys). Birth data for Deniz is available in 57 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 47 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Deniz has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 67.1% of babies named Deniz were boys. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for girls (59.0% girls from 1961 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (61.1% boys from 1996 to 2023).
For boys, Deniz reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #864) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Deniz is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #863 (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million.
For girls, Deniz reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #897) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Deniz ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 54.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Deniz".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Deniz. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.9% confident that Deniz is pronounced as deh-NEEZ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-nihz, at 23.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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