Denzil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEN-zil
- Origin
- Cornish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Denzil is a boys' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Denzil mean?
Cornish: Cornish surname from a place in Cornwall
Denzil Holles was one of the Five Members of Parliament whom Charles I tried to arrest in 1642.
Is Denzil a girl's or a boy's name?
Denzil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denzil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Denzil, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Denzil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. 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 Denzil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Denzel 36
- Denzil 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Denzil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Denzil in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1937, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Denzil in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denzil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,038 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 72 | #807 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 60 | #899 |
| 1946 | 62 | #838 |
| 1945 | 58 | #817 |
| 1944 | 43 | #991 |
| 1943 | 62 | #837 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 45 | #951 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1939 | 51 | #857 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 |
| 1937 | 96 | #588 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 55 | #844 |
| 1934 | 64 | #771 |
| 1933 | 69 | #733 |
| 1932 | 71 | #739 |
| 1931 | 74 | #702 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | 66 | #794 |
| 1928 | 74 | #743 |
| 1927 | 68 | #805 |
| 1926 | 61 | #842 |
| 1925 | 61 | #851 |
| 1924 | 71 | #797 |
| 1923 | 88 | #687 |
| 1922 | 68 | #818 |
| 1921 | 67 | #843 |
| 1920 | 74 | #766 |
| 1919 | 67 | #790 |
| 1918 | 65 | #809 |
| 1917 | 67 | #765 |
| 1916 | 53 | #864 |
| 1915 | 47 | #906 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
Names like Denzil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Billy Thomas William Robert Joseph Daniel David James Harry Freddie Lewis Michael
Other spellings of Denzil
Names related to Denzil
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, “Denzil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denzil, updated 20 October 2026.