Denisse
Feminine · “of Dionysus”
Denisse is Denise with an extra s, and behind it is Dionysus — the god of wine and theater, by way of a bishop beheaded in Paris.
How old is the name Denisse?
Denisse first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Denisse alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 7,300 people named Denisse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Denisse most popular?
Denisse peaked in 2002, reaching #835 nationally. Today it ranks #1880, 1,045 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dionysios to Denisse
The story of Denisse
Saint Denis was the first bishop of Paris, martyred in the third century and, in the legend, carrying his own head afterwards; the basilica of Saint-Denis holds the French royal tombs. French made Denise, and Spanish-speaking families produced Denisse. It appears in the American registers in current use.
Meaning
of Dionysus
Through Denise and Denis, from the Greek Dionysios, 'devoted to Dionysus'. The god's own name joins Dio-, the genitive of Zeus, to Nysa, an unlocated mountain. The transmission from god to saint to ordinary name is documented, whatever the god's name meant.
How the name formed
- Dionysios
- Denis
- Denise
- Denisse
Related forms: Denise · Denisse · Denise
Pronouncing Denisse
duh-NEES
Two syllables, stress on the second. Denisse and Denise are said identically.
Nicknames for Denisse
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 2020319 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #835reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- +3.0%104 in 2025, from 101
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Denisse in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Denise in French — spelling variant
- Denisse in Spanish — same name
- Denise in Portuguese — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Denisses among us
people named Denisse are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 15,454 born in 2025 was named Denisse
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Santina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Denisse's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Santina climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Santina's path sketches the road Denisse is walking now.
Denisse sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Denisse is headed
Denisse is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Denisse beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Denisse in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The route from a Greek god to a French patron saint is a genuinely good story.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is standard in Spanish-speaking naming in this exact spelling.
- Denise is the standard French and English spelling.
- The Nysa element has never been located.
- It is period-coded to the later twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Denisses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,300 people named Denisse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Denisse in 2025?
- Denisse ranks #1880 among US girl names in 2025, with 104 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Denisse?
- About 1 in every 15,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Denisse — 104 in all.
- Will my child share the name Denisse with classmates?
- Denisse will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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