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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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—
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1956#560280—
1955#628219—
1954#712168—
1953#717161—
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1937#2,10115—
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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 1965

  • 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: #279 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,477 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #439 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,969 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWIMichigan: #567 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,381 girlsMINew York: #658 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,090 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: #416 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,906 girlsINOhio: #523 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,288 girlsOHPennsylvania: #502 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,198 girlsPANew Jersey: #658 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,976 girlsNJConnecticut: #302 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,302 girlsCTCalifornia: #413 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 2,695 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedUTColorado: #320 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,766 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedNEMissouri: #356 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,802 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWVVirginia: #537 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,079 girlsVAMaryland: 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: #351 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,489 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #505 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,225 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMSAlabama: #495 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,214 girlsALGeorgia: #617 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,807 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedHITexas: #661 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,994 girlsTXFlorida: #531 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,933 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#279 · 1 in 1,477
  2. Connecticut#302 · 1 in 2,302
  3. Colorado#320 · 1 in 1,766
  4. Arkansas#351 · 1 in 2,489
  5. Missouri#356 · 1 in 2,802

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#279151 in 1,477
Connecticut#302101 in 2,302
Colorado#32091 in 1,766
Arkansas#35161 in 2,489
Missouri#356131 in 2,802
California#413601 in 2,695
Indiana#416111 in 3,906
Illinois#439231 in 3,969
Alabama#49571 in 4,214
Pennsylvania#502151 in 6,198
North Carolina#50581 in 5,225
Ohio#523141 in 6,288
Florida#53191 in 4,933
Virginia#53761 in 6,079
Michigan#567101 in 7,381
Georgia#61761 in 6,807
New Jersey#65861 in 8,976
New York#658191 in 8,090
Texas#661161 in 5,994
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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 1965

girls
#510
345 births · 1 in 5,116 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #510Deena345
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 5,116 of them was named Deena, which outranked 93.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deena
  1. #507Mitzi351
  2. #508Leona348
  3. #508Liza348
  4. #510Deena345
  5. #510Luann345
  6. #510Meredith345
  7. #510Robbin345
  8. #514Lorena344
  9. #515Hazel343
  10. #516Jenifer341

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

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →