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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Deniz

Deniz was the 2611th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2343rd; the most babies were born in 2019 (58). Over the last ten years it has moved up 370 places. More babies were named Deniz in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,611 boys, up 830 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
50boys
Girls and boys
36% girls, 64% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201958 babies
Total since 1880
2,122babies recorded

Deniz popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#6,178#2,6111950
2020#3,237#3,4414832
2010#6,448#3,3892032
2000#6,574#3,9531620
1990#5,904#3,3431518
1980#9,371—6—
1970#5,495—9—
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How popular is Deniz, counting every spelling?

Deniz has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Deniz?

50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deniz (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Deniz born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deniz.

Chance of another Deniz in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Deniz?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Deniz are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 24. That makes Deniz mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Deniz by state

How common Deniz was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (3.1×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Deniz, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Deniz: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deniz, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Deniz

How popular is the name Deniz?

Deniz was the 2611th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2343rd; the most babies were born in 2019 (58). Over the last ten years it has moved up 370 places. More babies were named Deniz in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Deniz a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 36% girls, 64% boys given the name Deniz in the US.

Where is Deniz most popular?

In 2021–2025, Deniz was most common in Florida (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and California.