Spellings
Denise or Denisse?
In the US in 2025, 54% of babies in this name family were spelled Denise and 46% Denisse. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Denise already led in 2015, with 64% of the family's births; it has 54% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 419 to 227 births (−46%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denise | 270 | 123 | −54% |
| Denisse | 149 | 104 | −30% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /dəˈnis/ (duh-NEES). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Denise 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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