Denali: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “the high one”
- Origin
- Native American
- Say it
- deh-NAH-lee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Both (72% girls, 28% boys since 1880)
From Koyukon, the Indigenous Athabaskan name of North America's highest peak in Alaska. Used as a modern given name inspired by the mountain and its Native place name.
How popular is Denali?
Babies named Denali in 2024114
2024 rank#2,119 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18802,369
Denali is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Denali
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Denali questions
What does the name Denali mean?
Denali means "the high one". It comes from Native American. From Koyukon, the Indigenous Athabaskan name of North America's highest peak in Alaska. Used as a modern given name inspired by the mountain and its Native place name.
Is Denali a boy or girl name?
Denali is used for both: about 72% of US babies named Denali since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Denali?
114 US babies were named Denali in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Denali?
Denali is usually pronounced deh-NAH-lee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.