Dena
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 1,542 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,479since 1880
Dena over time
Rank among girls' names. Dena has never cracked the top 200 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 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,092 | 84 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,897 | 93 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,259 | 71 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,607 | 101 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,176 | 154 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,312 | 128 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,225 | 142 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,137 | 156 | — | |
| 1990 | #957 | 196 | — | |
| 1989 | #852 | 218 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #751 | 250 | — | |
| 1987 | #762 | 236 | — | |
| 1986 | #670 | 273 | — | |
| 1985 | #552 | 358 | — | |
| 1984 | #492 | 406 | — | |
| 1983 | #478 | 416 | — | |
| 1982 | #466 | 451 | — | |
| 1981 | #452 | 476 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #416 | 530 | — | |
| 1979 | #403 | 537 | — | |
| 1978 | #398 | 517 | — | |
| 1977 | #368 | 582 | — | |
| 1976 | #331 | 676 | — | |
| 1975 | #293 | 815 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #286 | 838 | — | |
| 1973 | #284 | 854 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #271 | 972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #252 | 1,171 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #208 | 1,542 | — | |
| 1969 | #237 | 1,264 | — | |
| 1968 | #266 | 1,019 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #273 | 960 | — | |
| 1966 | #303 | 843 | — | |
| 1965 | #318 | 810 | — | |
| 1964 | #306 | 908 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #300 | 957 | — | |
| 1962 | #309 | 906 | — | |
| 1961 | #341 | 768 | — | |
| 1960 | #355 | 739 | — | |
| 1959 | #387 | 599 | — | |
| 1958 | #408 | 516 | — | |
| 1957 | #433 | 471 | — | |
| 1956 | #404 | 503 | — | |
| 1955 | #404 | 467 | — | |
| 1954 | #421 | 427 | — | |
| 1953 | #488 | 315 | — | |
| 1952 | #570 | 229 | — | |
| 1951 | #571 | 224 | — | |
| 1950 | #588 | 205 | — | |
| 1949 | #619 | 178 | — | |
| 1948 | #629 | 172 | — | |
| 1947 | #571 | 223 | — | |
| 1946 | #728 | 123 | — | |
| 1945 | #651 | 127 | — | |
| 1944 | #710 | 112 | — | |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #812 | 79 | — | |
| 1940 | #834 | 73 | — | |
| 1939 | #785 | 76 | — | |
| 1938 | #857 | 68 | — | |
| 1937 | #862 | 64 | — | |
| 1936 | #840 | 65 | — | |
| 1935 | #896 | 59 | — | |
| 1934 | #981 | 49 | — | |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 | — | |
| 1932 | #795 | 73 | — | |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 | — | |
| 1930 | #800 | 78 | — | |
| 1929 | #842 | 71 | — | |
| 1928 | #924 | 64 | — | |
| 1927 | #839 | 77 | — | |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 | — | |
| 1925 | #773 | 91 | — | |
| 1924 | #804 | 86 | — | |
| 1923 | #786 | 86 | — | |
| 1922 | #798 | 83 | — | |
| 1921 | #742 | 97 | — | |
| 1920 | #739 | 95 | — | |
| 1919 | #685 | 104 | — | |
| 1918 | #643 | 122 | — | |
| 1917 | #713 | 94 | — | |
| 1916 | #700 | 96 | — | |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 | — | |
| 1914 | #671 | 75 | — | |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 | — | |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 | — | |
| 1911 | #617 | 48 | — | |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | — | |
| 1907 | #601 | 38 | — | |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | — | |
| 1905 | #570 | 37 | — | |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | — | |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 | — | |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 | — | |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 | — | |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 | — | |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | — | |
| 1897 | #462 | 40 | — | |
| 1896 | #403 | 50 | — | |
| 1895 | #488 | 36 | — | |
| 1894 | #349 | 63 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #396 | 45 | — | |
| 1891 | #440 | 33 | — | |
| 1890 | #468 | 31 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 | — | |
| 1887 | #344 | 39 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #409 | 24 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dena was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Dena is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#172 · 1 in 640
- Nevada#175 · 1 in 651
- Kansas#182 · 1 in 818
- Arkansas#206 · 1 in 1,024
- Montana#210 · 1 in 896
Best ever in a state: #101 in Oklahoma, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #172 | 8 | 1 in 640 |
| Nevada | #175 | 5 | 1 in 651 |
| Kansas | #182 | 21 | 1 in 818 |
| Arkansas | #206 | 17 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Montana | #210 | 6 | 1 in 896 |
| Washington | #213 | 24 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Oklahoma | #214 | 18 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Missouri | #223 | 32 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Oregon | #236 | 12 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Georgia | #239 | 32 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Illinois | #249 | 62 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Indiana | #250 | 30 | 1 in 1,562 |
| North Carolina | #256 | 27 | 1 in 1,708 |
| California | #257 | 128 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Texas | #257 | 81 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Iowa | #265 | 14 | 1 in 1,725 |
| Arizona | #266 | 12 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Hawaii | #274 | 5 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Utah | #276 | 7 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Tennessee | #277 | 19 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Kentucky | #278 | 16 | 1 in 1,862 |
| Wisconsin | #280 | 17 | 1 in 2,330 |
| West Virginia | #283 | 8 | 1 in 1,905 |
| Mississippi | #288 | 14 | 1 in 1,622 |
| New Mexico | #288 | 8 | 1 in 1,322 |
| Louisiana | #299 | 22 | 1 in 1,650 |
| Michigan | #307 | 34 | 1 in 2,298 |
| Alabama | #317 | 16 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Ohio | #322 | 35 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Connecticut | #341 | 9 | 1 in 2,691 |
| Florida | #343 | 22 | 1 in 2,182 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 10 | 1 in 2,407 |
| Pennsylvania | #352 | 34 | 1 in 2,942 |
| Minnesota | #387 | 8 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Virginia | #405 | 11 | 1 in 3,622 |
| Colorado | #422 | 6 | 1 in 2,955 |
| New York | #432 | 43 | 1 in 3,737 |
| Maryland | #457 | 7 | 1 in 4,295 |
| New Jersey | #497 | 11 | 1 in 5,174 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 Dena
- 123 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,546)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #4,546)
- 557 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1911 (#781 → #617)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1909 (#520 → #719)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1970 at #208 (1,542 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,134 girls born in 1970 were named Dena (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.2% of all girls named Dena (9,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 255 | #338 (1881) | #415 |
| 1890s | 415 | #349 (1894) | #440 |
| 1900s | 376 | #463 (1900) | #578 |
| 1910s | 803 | #615 (1915) | #673 |
| 1920s | 842 | #739 (1920) | #800 |
| 1930s | 674 | #768 (1931) | #840 |
| 1940s | 1,259 | #571 (1947) | #722 |
| 1950s | 3,956 | #387 (1959) | #467 |
| 1960s | 9,174 | #237 (1969) | #301 |
| 1970s | 8,504 | #208 (1970) | #309 |
| 1980s | 3,614 | #416 (1980) | #589 |
| 1990s | 1,310 | #957 (1990) | #1,348 |
| 2000s | 709 | #1,827 (2000) | #2,518 |
| 2010s | 406 | #3,256 (2010) | #3,767 |
| 2020s | 182 | #4,108 (2022) | #4,512 |
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.
Dena in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 2,087 of them was named Dena, which outranked 96.1% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 398,540 of them was named Dena, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 555 names at #4,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.