Den
Den is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Den
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Den is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Den
Den first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1942, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1942: 6 births, good for #3,212 nationwide. About 71% of every Den on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Den last appeared in the published SSA data in 1958, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Den
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About the name Den
Den is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Den's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #3,212. Use the chart and map above to compare Den's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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