Deena

Where Deena comes from

The dictionaries list Deena as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,935 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Deena Deardurff born
    American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coach
  3. 1970
    Peak, #396
    593 babies named Deena — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    Deena Kastor born
    American long distance runner and marathoner
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #588.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Deena Kastor · American long distance runner and marathoner, born 1973
  • Deena Deardurff · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coach, born 1957
  • Deena Mohamed · Egyptian graphic designer and author, born 1995
  • Deena Metzger · American feminist writer, born 1936
  • Deena M. Mistri · Pakistani educator, 1924–2011

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.