Denali
#2,338 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Denali has been given to 2,479 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #2,338 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.
Babies named Denali, 2025
1 in 42,500
Denali over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Denali over time
In 2025, Denali went to 72% girls and 28% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Denali?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 42,500
- 78 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 20,600
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,338
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 29,461 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Denali sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 29,461 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Denali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Denalis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Denali was born before 2013 — so the typical Denali is around 12 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 33.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 86.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,795
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 33.0% of all recorded uses (592).
Is Denali rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −232
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +109
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +447
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.24×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 83.0%
- Peak was 2022 (94)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 14.1% average annual change
Spellings of Denali
Denali is not the most common spelling — Dena is, with 60.6% against Denali's 3.4%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Denali is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Denali was most concentrated in Alaska — about 1 in 1,124 girls, against 1 in 28,901 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Alaska1 in 1,124
- 2Texas1 in 16,667
- 3California1 in 25,000
- 4Colorado1 in 25,000
- 5Florida1 in 33,333
- 6North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 7Georgia1 in 50,000
- 8Missouri1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Denali is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Denali was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,743,270 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Denali has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Denali around the world
Where Denali ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2010–2024#2,463in 2024
- South Australia2000–2000#727in 2000
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Denali by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Denali
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Denali
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.