Denim
Boy · DEN-im · English
Denim is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “from Nîmes”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 880th for boys in the US (271 babies).
What does Denim mean?
English: English word for the cotton fabric, from French de Nîmes
“from Nîmes”
The fabric is named from French serge de Nîmes, 'serge from Nîmes', a city in southern France.
- Say it
- DEN-im
Is Denim a girl's or a boy's name?
Denim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 101 girls and 271 boys in the US.
How popular is Denim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Denim, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Denim than any year since 2015.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Denim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Denim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #880among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 271about 1 in 6,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 271 boys in the US were named Denim, making it the 880th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,415th. It first appears in the records in 1973. 101 girls were also named Denim in 2025 (1,911th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Denim of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Denim in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 320 boys in the US were given Denim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #740, up from #880 for this spelling alone.
- Denim 271
- Denym 49
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Denim in the US were girls.
Denim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 271 | #880 |
| 2024 | 194 | #1,106 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,244 |
| 2022 | 154 | #1,263 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,230 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,415 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,372 |
| 2018 | 136 | #1,328 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,272 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,467 |
| 2015 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2012 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 79 | #1,851 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 74 | #1,840 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Denim
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