Dennison
Boy · DEN-ih-sun · English
Dennison is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Dennis”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dennison mean?
English: English surname
“son of Dennis”
An English surname meaning son of Dennis, which goes back to Dionysius, from the Greek god Dionysus.
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- DEN-ih-sun
Is Dennison a girl's or a boy's name?
Dennison is a boys' name.
How popular is Dennison in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Dennison in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dennison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Dennison
- Denny 51 boys in the UK in 2025
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