Boy
Denis
As a boy's name, Denis traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Greek, follower of Dionysus". It has cooled since its 1950s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Its single strongest year on record was 1952.
EtymologyVariant of Dennis
GreekGreek – "follower of Dionysus"
Births by decade
1900s
55
1910s
300
1920s
616
1930s
1,656
1940s
3,737
1950s
5,007
1960s
2,827
1970s
1,468
1980s
1,137
1990s
1,215
2000s
1,619
2010s
938
Peaked in the 1950s · 20,575 total U.S. births since 1900