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
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 593 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,666since 1910
Deena over time
Rank among girls' names. Deena has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,267 | 50 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,803 | 62 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,288 | 71 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,174 | 73 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,958 | 77 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,557 | 99 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,555 | 99 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,204 | 134 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,157 | 132 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,172 | 125 | — | |
| 1986 | #995 | 157 | — | |
| 1985 | #969 | 159 | — | |
| 1984 | #835 | 187 | — | |
| 1983 | #809 | 192 | — | |
| 1982 | #835 | 187 | — | |
| 1981 | #886 | 171 | — | |
| 1980 | #891 | 171 | — | |
| 1979 | #824 | 190 | — | |
| 1978 | #791 | 189 | — | |
| 1977 | #769 | 196 | — | |
| 1976 | #675 | 226 | — | |
| 1975 | #592 | 273 | — | |
| 1974 | #588 | 269 | — | |
| 1973 | #470 | 386 | — | |
| 1972 | #484 | 368 | — | |
| 1971 | #476 | 414 | — | |
| 1970 | #396 | 593 | — | |
| 1969 | #445 | 465 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #492 | 388 | — | |
| 1967 | #501 | 360 | — | |
| 1966 | #480 | 380 | — | |
| 1965 | #510 | 345 | — | |
| 1964 | #487 | 395 | — | |
| 1963 | #494 | 385 | — | |
| 1962 | #468 | 425 | — | |
| 1961 | #518 | 357 | — | |
| 1960 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1959 | #568 | 296 | — | |
| 1958 | #553 | 310 | — | |
| 1957 | #643 | 234 | — | |
| 1956 | #560 | 280 | — | |
| 1955 | #628 | 219 | — | |
| 1954 | #712 | 168 | — | |
| 1953 | #717 | 161 | — | |
| 1952 | #722 | 152 | — | |
| 1951 | #799 | 124 | — | |
| 1950 | #768 | 127 | — | |
| 1949 | #729 | 135 | — | |
| 1948 | #773 | 123 | — | |
| 1947 | #892 | 98 | — | |
| 1946 | #927 | 81 | — | |
| 1945 | #869 | 75 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,126 | 49 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#163 · 1 in 865
- Nebraska#246 · 1 in 1,336
- Washington#269 · 1 in 1,476
- Utah#327 · 1 in 1,755
- West Virginia#340 · 1 in 2,438
Best ever in a state: #134 in Nevada, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #163 | 6 | 1 in 865 |
| Nebraska | #246 | 7 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Washington | #269 | 13 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Utah | #327 | 6 | 1 in 1,755 |
| West Virginia | #340 | 5 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Colorado | #348 | 8 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Iowa | #356 | 6 | 1 in 2,905 |
| Kansas | #369 | 5 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Florida | #384 | 18 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Arizona | #394 | 7 | 1 in 2,067 |
| Oregon | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,526 |
| New Jersey | #406 | 14 | 1 in 2,910 |
| Connecticut | #422 | 5 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Indiana | #432 | 10 | 1 in 3,704 |
| Georgia | #434 | 11 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Pennsylvania | #435 | 20 | 1 in 3,605 |
| Illinois | #443 | 23 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Missouri | #453 | 8 | 1 in 3,910 |
| Ohio | #458 | 17 | 1 in 4,379 |
| Minnesota | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,813 |
| Massachusetts | #482 | 7 | 1 in 4,889 |
| New York | #490 | 31 | 1 in 3,575 |
| Tennessee | #514 | 6 | 1 in 4,718 |
| Virginia | #520 | 6 | 1 in 4,934 |
| California | #523 | 38 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Alabama | #547 | 5 | 1 in 4,829 |
| North Carolina | #547 | 7 | 1 in 5,242 |
| Michigan | #566 | 11 | 1 in 5,627 |
| Texas | #597 | 21 | 1 in 4,589 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1970 at #396 (593 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1945–1986
- 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%)
- 27.6% of all girls named Deena (3,778) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #1,935 (1910) | #3,355 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,195 |
| 1930s | 132 | #1,547 (1938) | #2,482 |
| 1940s | 723 | #729 (1949) | #1,031 |
| 1950s | 2,071 | #553 (1958) | #667 |
| 1960s | 3,778 | #445 (1969) | #499 |
| 1970s | 3,104 | #396 (1970) | #607 |
| 1980s | 1,615 | #809 (1983) | #975 |
| 1990s | 956 | #1,300 (1990) | #1,647 |
| 2000s | 581 | #2,174 (2000) | #2,871 |
| 2010s | 467 | #2,803 (2010) | #3,447 |
| 2020s | 175 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,134 of them was named Deena, which outranked 95.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).