Denver
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from Denafær, green valley.
How Denver has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #899 |
| 2016 | #839 |
| 2017 | #822 |
| 2018 | #675 |
| 2019 | #635 |
| 2020 | #525 |
| 2021 | #506 |
| 2022 | #480 |
| 2023 | #512 |
| 2024 | #486 |
| 2025 | #518 |
Denver by the numbers
In 2025, 46 babies in England and Wales were named Denver. In the US, 488 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Denver. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Denver, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
- Irvinggreen water or west river141 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Denver, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Denver
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