Denzell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- den-ZEL
- Origin
- Cornish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Denzell is a boys' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Denzell mean?
Cornish: spelling of Denzel, from a Cornish surname and place name
Denzel comes from a Cornish surname taken from a place in Cornwall; actor Denzel Washington is its best-known bearer.
Is Denzell a girl's or a boy's name?
Denzell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denzell in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Denzell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Denzell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Denzell, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 160 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Denzell in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denzell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 117 | #1,022 |
| 1993 | 131 | #938 |
| 1992 | 160 | #832 |
| 1991 | 133 | #905 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,265 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
Names like Denzell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxwell Dylan Jacob Abdul Noah Ethan Caleb Austin Mason Lucas Vinnie Isaac
Names related to Denzell
More Cornish names
Elowyn Lowen Elowen Jennifer Jenna Merryn Lowenna Sennen Elowynn Morwenna Demelza Jennah Senara Merrin Jena Zennor
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, “Denzell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denzell, updated 20 October 2026.