Denese

Peak · girls
1954 · 98 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,588
since 1928

Denese over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Denese has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #984, 1954girls
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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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2006#17,1685
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2004#16,0995
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1989#12,3625
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1987#7,9878
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1985#5,67812
1984#10,4225
1983#6,21210
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1980#7,4188
1979#6,18910
1978#6,3859
1977#6,8928
1976#3,96316
1975#3,77417
1974#4,45913
1973#3,34219
1972#2,74725
1971#2,10739
1970#2,77925
1969#1,80946
1968#1,67848
1967#1,50655
1966#1,51554
1965#1,40761
1964#1,43362
1963#1,39264
1962#1,55852
1961#1,26876
1960#1,40561
1959#1,43556
1958#1,27469
1957#1,12487
1956#1,21074
1955#1,13078
1954#98498
1953#1,18866
1952#1,23659
1951#1,61135
1950#1,95524
1949#2,62015
1948#2,32918
1947#2,20020
1946#2,88012
1945#3,1329
1944#3,6877
1943#4,1966
1942#4,6225
1941#3,0309
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1929#4,0536
1928#4,7255
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Denese! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1930–1933, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Denese is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Denese in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Denese
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1954
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1955
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 1954 at #984 (98 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,815
  • Highest: 1 in 19,815 girls born in 1954 were named Denese (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 40.7% of all girls named Denese (646) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#4,053 (1929)#4,389
1930s12#3,802 (1934)#3,825
1940s101#2,200 (1947)#3,188
1950s646#984 (1954)#1,315
1960s579#1,268 (1961)#1,497
1970s181#2,107 (1971)#4,264
1980s48#5,678 (1985)#8,347
1990s0——
2000s10#16,099 (2004)#16,634

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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