Deena

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 593 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,666
since 1910

Deena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Deena has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #396, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,98726—
2024#5,44323—
2023#4,65529—
2022#3,96337—
2021#5,09125—
2020#4,00535—
2019#4,16234—
2018#3,67741—
2017#3,84839—
2016#3,70741—
2015#3,21151—
2014#3,42546—
2013#3,00555—
2012#3,36448—
2011#3,26750—
2010#2,80362—
2009#3,80041—
2008#3,31650—
2007#2,68468—
2006#3,05455—
2005#2,82758—
2004#3,39144—
2003#2,73757—
2002#2,28871—
2001#2,43864—
2000#2,17473—
1999#1,94081—
1998#1,95877—
1997#1,86479—
1996#1,75285—
1995#1,466109—
1994#1,55799—
1993#1,507104—
1992#1,57598—
1991#1,55599—
1990#1,300125—
1989#1,204134—
1988#1,157132—
1987#1,172125—
1986#995157—
1985#969159—
1984#835187—
1983#809192—
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1981#886171—
1980#891171—
1979#824190—
1978#791189—
1977#769196—
1976#675226—
1975#592273—
1974#588269—
1973#470386—
1972#484368—
1971#476414—
1970#396593—
1969#445465#4,4045
1968#492388—
1967#501360—
1966#480380—
1965#510345—
1964#487395—
1963#494385—
1962#468425—
1961#518357—
1960#595278—
1959#568296—
1958#553310—
1957#643234—
1956#560280—
1955#628219—
1954#712168—
1953#717161—
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1940#1,51826—
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Deena! It came in at #1,935, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Deena is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMNIllinois: #711 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,964 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMINew York: #506 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,854 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedINOhio: #732 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,004 girlsOHPennsylvania: #591 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,535 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #622 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,571 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNEMissouri: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,778 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #426 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,326 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedTXFlorida: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,356 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#426 · 1 in 4,326
  2. Florida#491 · 1 in 5,356
  3. New York#506 · 1 in 7,854
  4. Missouri#508 · 1 in 7,778
  5. Pennsylvania#591 · 1 in 11,535

Best ever in a state: #134 in Nevada, 1969.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#42651 in 4,326
Florida#49151 in 5,356
New York#506181 in 7,854
Missouri#50851 in 7,778
Pennsylvania#59191 in 11,535
California#622131 in 8,571
Illinois#71161 in 13,964
Ohio#73251 in 17,004
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Deena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 456 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,987)
  • 982 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #4,987)
  • 1,776 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1945 (#1,090 → #869)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1987 (#995 → #1,172)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1970 at #396 (593 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1945–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,948
  • Highest: 1 in 2,948 girls born in 1970 were named Deena (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.6% of all girls named Deena (3,778) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#1,935 (1910)#3,355
1920s45#3,743 (1928)#4,195
1930s132#1,547 (1938)#2,482
1940s723#729 (1949)#1,031
1950s2,071#553 (1958)#667
1960s3,778#445 (1969)#499
1970s3,104#396 (1970)#607
1980s1,615#809 (1983)#975
1990s956#1,300 (1990)#1,647
2000s581#2,174 (2000)#2,871
2010s467#2,803 (2010)#3,447
2020s175#3,963 (2022)#4,691

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Deena in 1948

girls
#773
123 births · 1 in 13,804 girls

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #773Deena123
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 13,804 of them was named Deena, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deena
  1. #768Ivy124
  2. #768Mickie124
  3. #768Pattie124
  4. #773Deena123
  5. #773Corliss123
  6. #773Deana123
  7. #773Flossie123
  8. #777Karolyn122
  9. #777Kristi122
  10. #777Leigh122

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 555Shawn#1,510 → #955
  2. ↑ 549Regena#1,488 → #939
  3. ↑ 491Regenia#1,255 → #764
  4. ↑ 460Mickie#1,228 → #768
  5. ↑ 413Shirleen#1,377 → #964
Fallers
  1. ↓ 408Michaele#859 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 358Marge#969 → #1,327
  3. ↓ 334Ilona#875 → #1,209
  4. ↓ 282Trudi#875 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 248Marylyn#909 → #1,157

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948 →