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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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—
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1955#628219—
1954#712168—
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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 1990

  • 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: #1,028 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,813 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedWIMichigan: #889 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,925 girlsMINew York: #883 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,629 girlsNYMassachusetts: #484 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,873 girlsMARhode 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: #1,142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,179 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,042 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,100 girlsPANew Jersey: #587 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,797 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,412 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 15,438 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: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: 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: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Deena, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#484 · 1 in 3,873
  2. New Jersey#587 · 1 in 4,797
  3. New York#883 · 1 in 7,629
  4. Michigan#889 · 1 in 8,925
  5. Illinois#1,028 · 1 in 9,813

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

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Massachusetts#484101 in 3,873
New Jersey#587101 in 4,797
New York#883161 in 7,629
Michigan#88971 in 8,925
Illinois#1,02881 in 9,813
Pennsylvania#1,04261 in 12,100
Ohio#1,14251 in 14,179
California#1,412171 in 15,438
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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 1990

girls
#1,300
125 births · 1 in 15,188 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,300Deena125
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 15,188 of them was named Deena, which outranked 91.5% of the 15,234 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. #1,292Misha126
  2. #1,292Monet126
  3. #1,292Myesha126
  4. #1,300Deena125
  5. #1,300Ilana125
  6. #1,300Josefina125
  7. #1,300Kayle125
  8. #1,307Brea124
  9. #1,307Cherelle124
  10. #1,307Franchesca124

Tied with 6 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →