Denna
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,989
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 102 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,377since 1921
Denna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Denna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,622 | 56 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 |
| 1970 | #1,168 | 99 |
| 1969 | #1,095 | 102 |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 |
| 1967 | #1,204 | 78 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 |
| 1965 | #1,437 | 59 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,211 | 82 |
| 1962 | #1,247 | 78 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,606 | 44 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Denna! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1969 at #1,095 (102 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 5 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 16,539
- Highest: 1 in 16,539 girls born in 1969 were named Denna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 145,871 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 30.3% of all girls named Denna (720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 29 | #3,436 (1928) | #4,561 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,580 |
| 1940s | 176 | #1,669 (1948) | #2,278 |
| 1950s | 369 | #1,378 (1956) | #1,731 |
| 1960s | 720 | #1,095 (1969) | #1,317 |
| 1970s | 511 | #1,168 (1970) | #1,997 |
| 1980s | 219 | #2,860 (1985) | #3,845 |
| 1990s | 118 | #5,060 (1990) | #7,698 |
| 2000s | 62 | #7,724 (2001) | #12,865 |
| 2010s | 87 | #8,299 (2017) | #11,497 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,559 (2020) | #9,188 |
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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