Denarius
Boy · duh-NAR-ee-us · Latin
Denarius is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Roman silver coin”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Denarius mean?
Latin: from Latin denarius, a Roman silver coin
“Roman silver coin”
Matches the Latin denarius, the main silver coin of ancient Rome, though it may also be a modern coinage like Darius.
- Say it
- duh-NAR-ee-us
Is Denarius a girl's or a boy's name?
Denarius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denarius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Denarius, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had more boys named Denarius than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Denarius in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denarius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Denarius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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