Denzel
Boy · DEN-zel · Cornish
Denzel is a boys' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 1,166th for boys in the US (177 babies).
What does Denzel mean?
Cornish: from the Cornish place name Denzell
From a Cornish place name, Denzell, near St Mawgan; the actor Denzel Washington made it widely known.
- Say it
- DEN-zel
More on Wiktionary.
Is Denzel a girl's or a boy's name?
Denzel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 177 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denzel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Denzel, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Denzel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 39 boys in the UK were given Denzel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #936 for this spelling alone.
- Denzel 36
- Denzil 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Denzel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 53 | #728 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 38 | #904 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 36 | #936 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 43 | #807 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 42 | #831 |
| 2011 | 41 | #819 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 50 | #698 |
| 2008 | 46 | #724 |
| 2007 | 42 | #742 |
| 2006 | 39 | #744 |
| 2005 | 33 | #812 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Denzel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,166among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 177about 1 in 9,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 177 boys in the US were named Denzel, making it the 1,166th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 864 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Denzel in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denzel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,166 |
| 2024 | 217 | #1,026 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,094 |
| 2022 | 198 | #1,093 |
| 2021 | 135 | #1,365 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,177 |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,171 |
| 2018 | 181 | #1,090 |
| 2017 | 194 | #1,036 |
| 2016 | 176 | #1,110 |
| 2015 | 189 | #1,049 |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,068 |
| 2013 | 203 | #985 |
| 2012 | 200 | #993 |
| 2011 | 155 | #1,155 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 202 | #982 |
| 2008 | 213 | #946 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,017 |
| 2006 | 196 | #948 |
| 2005 | 201 | #896 |
| 2004 | 250 | #744 |
| 2003 | 209 | #832 |
| 2002 | 253 | #707 |
| 2001 | 196 | #828 |
| 2000 | 214 | #774 |
| 1999 | 182 | #829 |
| 1998 | 295 | #621 |
| 1997 | 382 | #524 |
| 1996 | 464 | #473 |
| 1995 | 547 | #416 |
| 1994 | 736 | #335 |
| 1993 | 864 | #311 |
| 1992 | 767 | #330 |
| 1991 | 720 | #338 |
| 1990 | 496 | #443 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,446 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
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