Baby name

Denise

Girl

Origin of the name

Denise is the feminine of Dennis, from the Greek Dionysios, “devoted to Dionysus,” the god of wine.

Short-lived name

1961 was its best year: 15,379 births, or 1 baby in 269. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 147 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1673. 34% of all babies named Denise since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

373,422births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 30rank at its peak, in 1961

Where babies named Denise are born

1961

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The darker the blue, the more common Denise is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Denise is most common in Rhode Island (1.9 times), District of Columbia (1.9) and New Jersey (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Denice 10,649
Denisse 7,370
Dennise 3,488
Jenise 2,795
Denese 1,588
Denyse 1,329

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