Denisse
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-NEES
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Denisse is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Dionysus”. In 2025 it ranked 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Denisse mean?
Greek: Latin American spelling of Denise
“of Dionysus”
Denise is the French feminine of Denis, which comes from the Greek Dionysius.
Is Denisse a girl's or a boy's name?
Denisse is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denisse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Denisse, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 319 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Denisse in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 234 girls in the US were given Denisse or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #970, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
Denisse in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,955 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,710 |
| 2021 | 169 | #1,327 |
| 2020 | 319 | #852 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,802 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,787 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,842 |
| 2016 | 123 | #1,719 |
| 2015 | 149 | #1,513 |
| 2014 | 147 | #1,508 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2012 | 151 | #1,491 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,633 |
| 2010 | 202 | #1,197 |
| 2009 | 219 | #1,154 |
| 2008 | 278 | #962 |
| 2007 | 256 | #1,030 |
| 2006 | 225 | #1,110 |
| 2005 | 250 | #979 |
| 2004 | 227 | #1,025 |
| 2003 | 248 | #945 |
| 2002 | 279 | #835 |
| 2001 | 194 | #1,089 |
| 2000 | 191 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 191 | #1,035 |
| 1997 | 194 | #999 |
| 1996 | 207 | #935 |
| 1995 | 179 | #1,018 |
| 1994 | 195 | #951 |
| 1993 | 165 | #1,092 |
| 1992 | 145 | #1,200 |
| 1991 | 161 | #1,111 |
| 1990 | 143 | #1,189 |
| 1989 | 145 | #1,134 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,299 |
| 1987 | 169 | #954 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,601 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
Names like Denisse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine Stevie Chloe Zoe Brielle Selene Giselle Nicole Noelle Jade Danielle Kylie
Other spellings of Denisse
Names related to Denisse
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Denisse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denisse, updated 20 October 2026.