Denean

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #12,070

Peak · girls
1965 · 61 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
484
since 1955

Denean over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Denean has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #1,407, 1965girls
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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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1989#12,3625
1988#10,3866
1987#8,7787
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1984#7,3988
1983#6,21210
1982#4,94514
1981#8,1287
1980#9,0956
1979#9,0106
1978#5,95810
1977#4,94213
1976#4,90512
1975#6,4848
1974#4,45913
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1972#3,06221
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1970#2,77925
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1968#3,45615
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Denean! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1960, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Denean is popular in 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMINew York: #1,392 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 30,743 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedINOhio: #815 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,673 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,140 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,964 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Denean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#815 · 1 in 14,673
  2. California#1,140 · 1 in 17,964
  3. New York#1,392 · 1 in 30,743

Best ever in a state: #795 in Pennsylvania, 1967.

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See more about Denean
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1965 at #1,407 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 2 yrs 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 28,937
  • Highest: 1 in 28,937 girls born in 1965 were named Denean (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 290,118 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 50.2% of all girls named Denean (243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s12#4,837 (1956)#5,333
1960s243#1,407 (1965)#3,181
1970s143#2,779 (1970)#4,876
1980s68#4,945 (1982)#8,665
1990s18#11,409 (1990)#11,739

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.

Denean in 1965

girls
#1,407
61 births · 1 in 28,937 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. #1,407Denean61
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 28,937 of them was named Denean, which outranked 81.3% 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 Denean
  1. #1,394Tommy62
  2. #1,394Vida62
  3. #1,394Willette62
  4. #1,407Denean61
  5. #1,407Bronwyn61
  6. #1,407Carlotta61
  7. #1,407Carolann61
  8. #1,421Anette60
  9. #1,421Awilda60
  10. #1,421Brenna60

Tied with 13 names at #1,407; 3 shown. 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 →