Denai
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 133since 1978
Denai over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Denai has never cracked the top 6,000 here.
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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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| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
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| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
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| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Denai! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Denai is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Denai in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2001 at #6,956 (15 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 120,042
- Highest: 1 in 120,042 girls born in 2001 were named Denai (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 43.6% of all girls named Denai (58) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | #8,562 (1978) | #8,786 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,825 (1987) | #11,094 |
| 1990s | 42 | #8,812 (1996) | #10,919 |
| 2000s | 58 | #6,956 (2001) | #12,584 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,992 (2010) | #16,992 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
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.
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