Is Denys a boy or girl name?

Denys is a unisex name. Of the 641 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 66.5% were girls and 33.5% were boys.

Denys

Recorded 1944–2025 · United States

Denys was most popular in 1988, when 30 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,100 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 641 people named Denys.

Denys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Denys’s peak in 1988. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Denys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Denys is a unisex name — 66.5% of the 641 Americans given it were girls and 33.5% 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