Denita
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,750since 1948
Denita over time
Rank among girls' names. Denita 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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| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 |
| 1984 | #2,081 | 48 |
| 1983 | #2,069 | 48 |
| 1982 | #1,822 | 59 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 |
| 1977 | #1,576 | 68 |
| 1976 | #1,406 | 75 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 |
| 1973 | #1,302 | 78 |
| 1972 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 |
| 1969 | #1,078 | 105 |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 |
| 1966 | #952 | 114 |
| 1965 | #1,048 | 100 |
| 1964 | #1,009 | 113 |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 |
| 1962 | #1,020 | 111 |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 |
| 1960 | #1,280 | 74 |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Denita! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Denita is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#756 · 1 in 8,842
- California#1,240 · 1 in 15,231
- Texas#1,424 · 1 in 19,274
Best ever in a state: #343 in District of Columbia, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #756 | 7 | 1 in 8,842 |
| California | #1,240 | 9 | 1 in 15,231 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
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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 Denita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 96 spots in 1966 (#1,048 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1967 (#952 → #1,209)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1966 at #952 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1966
- Highest: 1 in 14,844 girls born in 1966 were named Denita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 36.0% of all girls named Denita (991) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,948 |
| 1950s | 357 | #1,274 (1958) | #2,257 |
| 1960s | 991 | #952 (1966) | #1,088 |
| 1970s | 725 | #1,254 (1972) | #1,455 |
| 1980s | 467 | #1,822 (1982) | #2,325 |
| 1990s | 164 | #2,900 (1990) | #6,742 |
| 2000s | 30 | #9,163 (2000) | #12,524 |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,539 (2019) | #15,539 |
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.
Denita in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 18,552 of them was named Denita, which outranked 87.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,248Juliann83
- #1,248Misha83
- #1,248Shawnee83
- #1,254Denita82
- #1,254Catalina82
- #1,254Cathrine82
- #1,254Coretta82
- #1,263Barbie81
- #1,263Chantell81
- #1,263Ilene81
Tied with 8 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.