Quick answers about Denzil
How many people are named Denzil?
An estimated 1,401 living Americans are named Denzil.
How rare is Denzil?
Denzil fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Denzil?
The median age of a living American named Denzil is approximately 58 years, with most bearers falling between 36 and 72 years old.
Is Denzil still popular?
Not especially. Denzil has been declining since its 1937 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Denzil most common?
Denzil has its strongest geographic signal in West Virginia, where it appears 22.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Denzil is most concentrated in West Virginia — about 22.9× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Denzil is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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