boys:
1.3k births since 1987
#3315 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1987
#6442 (17th percentile)
The name Denzell is the #6,442 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,300 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 16.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,315 (27.7% percentile) for all time with 1,300 births since 1987.
Denzell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987).
For boys, Denzell reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 20.0% percentile (ranked #616) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 76 births per million (ranked 20.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Denzell ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 7.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Denzell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Denzell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Denzell is pronounced as DEHN-zehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dehn-ZEHL, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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