Fun Facts About the Name Denym
- 774 babies named Denym: U.S. records list 774 babies given the name Denym from 1880 through 2025. Even 343 boys received the name Denym.
What Does the Name Denym Mean?
Denym is a recent respelling of Denim, a word-name taken from the English word for a sturdy cotton twill. That word comes from the French phrase serge de Nîmes, "serge from Nîmes," named after the city of Nîmes in southern France. The literal sense behind the name is therefore "from Nîmes." The change from Denim to Denym is a spelling variation: the y stands in for the second e while the sound stays the same. As a personal name it carries the origin of the fabric word rather than a personal or religious meaning.
Denym Name History & Origins
The word denim entered English by the late seventeenth century from French. Weavers in Nîmes made a sturdy serge, and the French phrase serge de Nîmes was shortened in English to denim. English manufacturers later applied the term to a similar cotton cloth, and denim became a widely known word through work clothing and blue jeans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Denym belongs to the modern habit in English-speaking countries, especially the United States, of using ordinary words as given names. Its y follows a recent fashion of substituting y for i or e in names, and it also reflects the spoken sound of the word. The background of the name is essentially the background of the fabric word it echoes.
How Popular is the Name Denym?
Denym has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #2,652 in 2025.
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 | #2,965 | 56 | 0.0035% |
| 2024 | #3,340 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #3,721 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #4,695 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #3,951 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #5,199 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #4,800 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,912 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #6,882 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #6,482 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,086 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #7,075 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #15,108 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #12,521 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #12,473 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #15,473 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #14,086 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #15,926 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #14,308 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #13,375 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #16,808 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #11,405 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,652 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #3,278 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #4,486 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #5,488 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #5,169 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,514 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #6,166 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #5,147 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #3,260 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2016 | #5,850 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #7,180 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #5,538 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #8,987 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #6,713 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #6,684 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #6,779 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #13,004 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #11,274 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #12,496 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #11,794 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #6,660 | 10 | 0.0005% |
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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