girls:
188 births since 1955
#5528 (3rd percentile)
boys:
15 births since 1957
#4571 (0th percentile)
overall:
203 births since 1955
#7536 (3rd percentile)
The name Denni is the #7,536 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 203 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,528 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1957.
Denni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Denni is available in 29 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 3 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 Denni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Denni reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #744) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Denni ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 51.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Denni reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #907) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Denni".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Denni is pronounced as DEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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