Dennis
Boy nameDennis has been given to 623,692 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1952 and currently ranks #707 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈdɛnɪs/
From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”.
Origin: Ancient Greek
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
623,692
Peak year
1952 (24,605 babies)
Rank in 2025
#707 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -36%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Dennis
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
Dennis Gabor
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
Dennis Bergkamp
Dutch association football player (born 1969)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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