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Denver

Boy's name · #518 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

64% boys · 36% girls — Denver is also given to girls: 326 in 2025, about 36% in recent years. Denver →

Popularity over time

Denver reached its best rank, #422, in 1919 and ranked #518 in 2025. About 19,000 boys have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

In recent years, Denver ran about 3× its national rate in Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Denver ranks in other countries and regions.

#438 in Canada (2025) · #745 in England & Wales (2025) · #762 in Scotland (2025) · #1,269 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,383 in Austria (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,346 in France (2025) · #740 in Netherlands (2023) · #2,278 in Italy (2023) · #414 in N. Ireland (2022) · #646 in Ireland (2019).

Famous Denvers

• Denver Pyle — American actor (1920–1997)
• Denver Riggleman — American businessman and politician from Virginia (born 1970)
• Denver Barkey — Canadian ice hockey player (born 2005)
• Denver Hume — English footballer (born 1998)
• Denver S. Church — American politician (1862–1952)

In stories & tradition

• Denver (Daniel Ramos)^fa — Money Heist (TV series)
• Denver Boone — Or Boone the Pioneer, mascot of the University of Denver from 1968–1998

What Denvers become

Among 54 notable people named Denver:

Sports figures appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Denver Hume, English footballer (born 1998).

Similar names: Alden · Denzel · Harlan · Chester · Elmer · Lester

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