Boy
Denzel
As a boy's name, Denzel is understood to mean "Cornish place name". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyCornish place name
EtymologyMeaning "high stronghold" (from Denzell)
Births by decade
1900s
11
1910s
172
1920s
278
1930s
202
1940s
153
1950s
123
1960s
73
1970s
26
1980s
249
1990s
5,464
2000s
2,116
2010s
1,476
Peaked in the 1990s · 10,343 total U.S. births since 1900