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Deniz

#2,611 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Sea

Deniz has been given to 2,122 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #2,611 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 58 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Deniz, 2025

1 in 66,300

Deniz over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Deniz over time

In 2025, Deniz went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

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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.

Deniz: meaning, origin, and history

Sea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deniz means

Deniz means “sea”, associated with deniz.

Origin, language, and formation

Deniz is used in Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Deniz is pronounced /de.niz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,212 boys were recorded with the name Deniz between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,343 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,439 in 2020 to #2,611 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,980 in 2015 to #2,611 in 2025.

In the United States, 910 girls were recorded with the name Deniz between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 2020; its best national rank was #3,237 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,237 in 2020 to #6,177 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,706 in 2015 to #6,177 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Deniz?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 66,300
50 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,611
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deniz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deniz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Denizs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deniz was born before 2011 — so the typical Deniz is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,212
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Choose a decade

2010s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (436).

Is Deniz 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
+507
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+828
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+369
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.28×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
86.2%
Peak was 2019 (58)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,343
2016

Spellings of Deniz

Deniz is not the most common spelling — Dennis is, with 73.4% against Deniz's 0.14%.

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 Deniz is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Deniz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 149,949 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 100,000
  4. 4New York1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Washington1 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. Deniz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Deniz is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Deniz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 473,203 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

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. Deniz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Deniz around the world

Where Deniz 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #896
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2011–2011
    #648
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    2010–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1975–2025
    #1,069
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Deniz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,611
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 828
Best rank ever
#2,343
2016
Peak year
2019
58 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,212
Count in 2025
50

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,177
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,940
Best rank ever
#3,237
2020
Peak year
2020
48 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
910
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Deniz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Deniz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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