How popular is the name Denzel?

Denzel ranks 854th among boys' names in US records, with 15,928 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,984.

Is Denzel a unisex name?

No. Denzel is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1993, when 883 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Denzil. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#854 of boy names

Pronounced D EH1 N Z AH0 L (ARPABET)

Denzel is a boys' name, and first appears in 1897. It has been given to 15,928 children — the 854th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1993, when 883 children were given it.

Denzil is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Denzel and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Denzel?: Denzel ranks 854th among boys' names in US records, with 15,928 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,984.
Is Denzel a unisex name?: No. Denzel is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Denzel most popular?: 1993, when 883 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Denzel spelled?: Denzil. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.