Denese
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 98 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,588since 1928
Denese over time
Rank among girls' names. Denese has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
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| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 |
| 1965 | #1,407 | 61 |
| 1964 | #1,433 | 62 |
| 1963 | #1,392 | 64 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 |
| 1956 | #1,210 | 74 |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,163 · 1 in 17,083
Best ever in a state: #479 in Oklahoma, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,163 | 9 | 1 in 17,083 |
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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 Denese
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1954 (#1,188 → #984)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1955 (#984 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1954 at #984 (98 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1954
- 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%)
- 40.7% of all girls named Denese (646) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,389 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,802 (1934) | #3,825 |
| 1940s | 101 | #2,200 (1947) | #3,188 |
| 1950s | 646 | #984 (1954) | #1,315 |
| 1960s | 579 | #1,268 (1961) | #1,497 |
| 1970s | 181 | #2,107 (1971) | #4,264 |
| 1980s | 48 | #5,678 (1985) | #8,347 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 10 | #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.
Denese in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 31,337 of them was named Denese, which outranked 80.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,488Suellen55
- #1,488Tobi55
- #1,488Toby55
- #1,515Denese54
- #1,515Alina54
- #1,515Donnie54
- #1,515Elisha54
- #1,532Anette53
- #1,532Cecile53
- #1,532Cleo53
Tied with 16 names at #1,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.