Is Deniz a boy or girl name?

Deniz is a unisex name. Of the 2,122 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 42.9% were girls and 57.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Deniz

Recorded 1961–2025 · United States

Deniz was most popular in 2016, when 87 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,894 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,509, with 69 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,122 people named Deniz.

Deniz over time

Births per year. The dot marks Deniz’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Deniz a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Deniz is a unisex name — 42.9% of the 2,122 Americans given it were girls and 57.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Deniz

Where Deniz 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