girls:
327 births since 2002
#5389 (6th percentile)
boys:
258 births since 2002
#4328 (6th percentile)
overall:
585 births since 2002
#7154 (8th percentile)
The name Denym is the #7,154 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 585 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,389 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 327 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,328 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 2002.
Denym first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 . Birth data for Denym is available in 21 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 19 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 Denym has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.1% of babies named Denym were girls. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 2002 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (56.3% girls from 2007 to 2023).
For girls, Denym reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #911) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Denym is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #911 (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million.
For boys, Denym reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #884) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Denym ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 71.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Denym".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Denym. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Denym is pronounced as DEH-nihm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-nuhm, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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