Denton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Denton is a boys' name, meaning “valley, den”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Denton mean?
“valley, den”
A male given name transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Denton a girl's or a boy's name?
Denton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Denton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Denton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Denton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Denton, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Denton in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 67 | #1,993 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,335 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,322 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,496 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,228 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,116 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,013 |
| 1946 | 52 | #925 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 43 | #991 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 65 | #795 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,004 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 47 | #923 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,024 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,023 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,082 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,132 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Denton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denton, updated 20 October 2026.