Fun Facts About the Name Denton
- More than 5 thousand babies named Denton: U.S. records list 5,143 babies given the name Denton from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Denton Mean?
Denton is an English habitational name meaning "valley settlement" or "farmstead in a valley." It derives from Old English denu "valley" and tūn "enclosure, farmstead, settlement." The name belonged first to places: a Denton was a settlement or farm in a valley, and the surname Denton identified someone who came from one of those places. In most explanations the first element is the common noun denu; some place-name scholarship allows an Old English personal name as the first element in certain local names, so the derivation is not necessarily identical for every place called Denton.
Denton Name History & Origins
Denton belongs to the Old English place-name type formed with denu "valley" and tūn "enclosure, farmstead, settlement." Tūn is the ancestor of modern town, but in place names it usually referred to a farm or estate rather than a town in the modern sense, and denu survives in the northern English word dene, meaning a valley. Several English villages and towns are called Denton, including Denton in Greater Manchester, Denton in Lincolnshire, and Denton in Northamptonshire. The surname Denton developed from one or another of these places, identifying its bearer as a person from Denton. Because more than one place could give rise to the surname, not all Denton families necessarily descend from the same location.
Hereditary surnames became established in England in the centuries after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and locative surnames such as Denton were one common type. The given name Denton is a later transferred use of the surname, used mainly in English-speaking countries and generally as a masculine name. Unlike names such as Edward or Edmund, it does not come from an Old English personal name; its roots are geographical.
How Popular is the Name Denton?
Denton recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1994. Its best rank was #724 in 1881.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,529 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #3,995 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2023 | #3,185 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #3,111 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2021 | #4,039 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #3,033 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2019 | #3,064 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2018 | #3,257 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #2,354 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #2,845 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #2,437 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2014 | #2,550 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #2,291 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2012 | #2,385 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2011 | #2,382 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2010 | #2,695 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #2,628 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #2,597 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #2,657 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #1,995 | 67 | 0.0033% |
| 2005 | #2,405 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #2,320 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #2,685 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #2,025 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2001 | #1,824 | 61 | 0.0031% |
| 2000 | #1,656 | 70 | 0.0036% |
| 1999 | #1,939 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1998 | #1,671 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 1997 | #1,441 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 1996 | #1,522 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 1995 | #1,278 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 1994 | #1,220 | 89 | 0.0046% |
| 1993 | #1,347 | 72 | 0.0037% |
| 1992 | #1,439 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 1991 | #1,706 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1990 | #1,457 | 60 | 0.0029% |
| 1989 | #1,328 | 68 | 0.0034% |
| 1988 | #1,505 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1987 | #1,342 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 1986 | #1,288 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1985 | #1,321 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 1984 | #1,229 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 1983 | #1,431 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1982 | #1,572 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1981 | #1,342 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1980 | #1,415 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1978 | #1,697 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1977 | #1,548 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 1976 | #1,357 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 1975 | #1,516 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 1974 | #1,393 | 38 | 0.0024% |
| 1973 | #1,258 | 43 | 0.0028% |
| 1972 | #1,235 | 45 | 0.0028% |
| 1971 | #1,114 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1970 | #1,281 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1969 | #1,236 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1968 | #1,483 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1967 | #1,451 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1966 | #1,431 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1965 | #1,364 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1964 | #1,178 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1963 | #1,129 | 47 | 0.0023% |
| 1962 | #1,431 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1961 | #1,255 | 40 | 0.0019% |
| 1960 | #1,231 | 41 | 0.0019% |
| 1959 | #1,120 | 48 | 0.0022% |
| 1958 | #1,190 | 42 | 0.0020% |
| 1957 | #1,321 | 35 | 0.0016% |
| 1956 | #1,132 | 45 | 0.0021% |
| 1955 | #1,115 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 1954 | #1,188 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 1953 | #1,313 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1951 | #1,199 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1950 | #920 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 1949 | #1,033 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1948 | #1,096 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1947 | #1,014 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 1946 | #926 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 1945 | #903 | 50 | 0.0037% |
| 1944 | #994 | 43 | 0.0032% |
| 1943 | #961 | 49 | 0.0034% |
| 1942 | #797 | 65 | 0.0047% |
| 1941 | #1,008 | 41 | 0.0033% |
| 1940 | #1,164 | 33 | 0.0028% |
| 1939 | #891 | 49 | 0.0044% |
| 1938 | #1,048 | 38 | 0.0034% |
| 1937 | #1,023 | 39 | 0.0037% |
| 1936 | #1,055 | 37 | 0.0036% |
| 1935 | #925 | 47 | 0.0045% |
| 1934 | #1,025 | 40 | 0.0039% |
| 1933 | #1,149 | 33 | 0.0033% |
| 1932 | #1,079 | 39 | 0.0037% |
| 1931 | #1,000 | 44 | 0.0042% |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 42 | 0.0038% |
| 1929 | #1,200 | 34 | 0.0032% |
| 1928 | #1,060 | 43 | 0.0039% |
| 1927 | #1,062 | 44 | 0.0039% |
| 1926 | #1,164 | 38 | 0.0034% |
| 1925 | #1,092 | 41 | 0.0037% |
| 1924 | #1,466 | 27 | 0.0024% |
| 1923 | #1,180 | 37 | 0.0034% |
| 1922 | #1,028 | 48 | 0.0044% |
| 1921 | #1,235 | 35 | 0.0032% |
| 1920 | #1,095 | 42 | 0.0039% |
| 1919 | #1,084 | 40 | 0.0041% |
| 1918 | #1,083 | 40 | 0.0039% |
| 1917 | #1,138 | 35 | 0.0038% |
| 1916 | #1,215 | 30 | 0.0034% |
| 1915 | #1,107 | 34 | 0.0040% |
| 1914 | #1,005 | 31 | 0.0047% |
| 1913 | #1,028 | 24 | 0.0047% |
| 1912 | #1,068 | 19 | 0.0044% |
| 1911 | #1,060 | 11 | 0.0049% |
| 1910 | #1,137 | 9 | 0.0046% |
| 1908 | #896 | 10 | 0.0065% |
| 1897 | #739 | 9 | 0.0080% |
| 1888 | #950 | 6 | 0.0050% |
| 1881 | #724 | 7 | 0.0069% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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