Denver
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Denver
Before there was Aspen, Denver was the Colorado city name of choice, and it reentered the US Top 1000 in 2015 after a 14 year absence as a stylish two-syllable boy name with its trendy -er ending. Its decade of greatest use was the 1920s, when it reached as high as Number 422, though the 2020s have seen it rise up to the #518 mark, given to nearly 580 boys.
Denver for boys#518 US
One noted Denver was actor Denver Pyle, who played Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard. The state capital was named for politician James W. Denver, and others who bore the surname include singer John (born John Deutschendorf), and actor Bob, the face of Gilligan's Island.
Denver for girls#836 US
Yet another creative character name from Toni Morrison, Denver was a daughter of Sethe's in the novel Beloved. Today Denver is most familiar as the name of the largest city in Colorado, used almost equally for girls and boys.
Pronounced DEN-ver.
As of October 2026, Denver ranked #518 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #422 in 1925.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,054 | 188 | #1,695 | 124 |
| 2015 | #899 | 242 | #1,241 | 197 |
| 2016 | #839 | 269 | #1,321 | 181 |
| 2017 | #820 | 274 | #1,138 | 218 |
| 2018 | #675 | 370 | #1,036 | 249 |
| 2019 | #636 | 423 | #891 | 300 |
| 2020 | #526 | 542 | #896 | 295 |
| 2021 | #508 | 579 | #778 | 365 |
| 2022 | #481 | 644 | #862 | 323 |
| 2023 | #510 | 587 | #782 | 360 |
| 2024 | #486 | 633 | #775 | 362 |
| 2025 | #518 | 578 | #836 | 326 |
World rankings
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Famous Denvers
- John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr)Boy
American singer and activist
- Denver Dell PyleBoy
American actor
- Denver DerricoBoy
son of Karen and Deon Derrico, twin featured on TLC’s ‘Doubling Down with the Derricos’
- Denver Monroe Haddon (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of Deitrick Haddon
Denver in pop culture
- DenverBoy
Colorado, USA
- Denver the Last DinosaurBoy
American,French animated series
- DenverBoy
pseudonym of Daniel Ramos, one of the main characters in series “Money Heist”
- DenverGirl
character in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
- Denver ReynoldsGirl
main character in "The Lifeboat Clique"
- DenverGirl
character in "The Weirdness"
- DenverGirl
capital city of Colorado, USA