Denim

“Sturdy cotton fabric, named for Nîmes, France” — French, de Nîmes ('from Nîmes') origin

Girl's name · #1914 in the US (2025) · Trending

Denim is climbing: on the charts since 1988, it reached #1914 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 100 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,100 have carried it all-time. In Louisiana it runs about 8× its national rate. About 69% of babies named Denim in recent years have been boys. Together with its spelling variant Denym (#2965), Denim would rank around #1388 with about 160 births last year — the newborns split about 64/36 between Denim and Denym.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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