Is Dennys a boy or girl name?

Dennys is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 560 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 14.8% were girls and 85.2% were boys.

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Dennys

Recorded 1978–2024 · United States

Dennys was most popular in 1998, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,038 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 560 people named Dennys.

Dennys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dennys’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dennys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dennys is mostly a boy’s name — 14.8% of the 560 Americans given it were girls and 85.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org