Name Legacy

Denali

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Denali was most popular in 2022, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,912 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,335, with 109 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,479 people named Denali.

Most popular in2022
Rank that year#2,912
Births that year135
Total since 18802,479
Given to72% girls

Denali over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Denali’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Denali a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Denali is a unisex name — 72.4% of the 2,479 Americans given it were girls and 27.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Denali is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org