Holding steady.
Popularity of Dencil since 1916
Babies named Dencil per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1947, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Dencil's real moment was 1930.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 65 |
| 1930s | 81 |
| 1940s | 57 |
| 1950s | 37 |
| 1960s | 8 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Dencil is a rare given name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916. It reached its peak usage in 1930, which was the highest year recorded for the name. Since then, its frequency has remained very low, and it has not ranked among the top 1,000 names in any recent year. The name's trajectory is stable but with extremely sparse usage, indicating it never achieved widespread popularity. The top states associated with Dencil are not recorded in the available data, suggesting its use was geographically diffuse or too few to identify. Dencil remains a curious example of early 20th-century naming creativity, likely influenced by surnames or other similar-sounding names of the era.
Dencil is a rare given name that appears in early 20th-century U.S. records, with its first recorded birth in 1916. Its origin is uncertain, but it may be a variant of the English surname Dinsdale, which itself derives from a place name in North Yorkshire. Alternatively, it could be a creative respelling of similar-sounding names like Densil or a modern coinage. The name saw sporadic use in the 1930s, peaking in 1930, but has since remained uncommon.
Nicknames & variants
Variants: Densil
Sibling names for Dencil
Names that share Dencil's style, for a brother or sister.
