Dena
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 1,542 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,479since 1880
Dena over time
Rank among girls' names. Dena has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,092 | 84 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,897 | 93 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,259 | 71 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,607 | 101 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,585 | 101 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,176 | 154 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,312 | 128 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,225 | 142 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,137 | 156 | — | |
| 1990 | #957 | 196 | — | |
| 1989 | #852 | 218 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #751 | 250 | — | |
| 1987 | #762 | 236 | — | |
| 1986 | #670 | 273 | — | |
| 1985 | #552 | 358 | — | |
| 1984 | #492 | 406 | — | |
| 1983 | #478 | 416 | — | |
| 1982 | #466 | 451 | — | |
| 1981 | #452 | 476 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #416 | 530 | — | |
| 1979 | #403 | 537 | — | |
| 1978 | #398 | 517 | — | |
| 1977 | #368 | 582 | — | |
| 1976 | #331 | 676 | — | |
| 1975 | #293 | 815 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #286 | 838 | — | |
| 1973 | #284 | 854 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #271 | 972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #252 | 1,171 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #208 | 1,542 | — | |
| 1969 | #237 | 1,264 | — | |
| 1968 | #266 | 1,019 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #273 | 960 | — | |
| 1966 | #303 | 843 | — | |
| 1965 | #318 | 810 | — | |
| 1964 | #306 | 908 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #300 | 957 | — | |
| 1962 | #309 | 906 | — | |
| 1961 | #341 | 768 | — | |
| 1960 | #355 | 739 | — | |
| 1959 | #387 | 599 | — | |
| 1958 | #408 | 516 | — | |
| 1957 | #433 | 471 | — | |
| 1956 | #404 | 503 | — | |
| 1955 | #404 | 467 | — | |
| 1954 | #421 | 427 | — | |
| 1953 | #488 | 315 | — | |
| 1952 | #570 | 229 | — | |
| 1951 | #571 | 224 | — | |
| 1950 | #588 | 205 | — | |
| 1949 | #619 | 178 | — | |
| 1948 | #629 | 172 | — | |
| 1947 | #571 | 223 | — | |
| 1946 | #728 | 123 | — | |
| 1945 | #651 | 127 | — | |
| 1944 | #710 | 112 | — | |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #812 | 79 | — | |
| 1940 | #834 | 73 | — | |
| 1939 | #785 | 76 | — | |
| 1938 | #857 | 68 | — | |
| 1937 | #862 | 64 | — | |
| 1936 | #840 | 65 | — | |
| 1935 | #896 | 59 | — | |
| 1934 | #981 | 49 | — | |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 | — | |
| 1932 | #795 | 73 | — | |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 | — | |
| 1930 | #800 | 78 | — | |
| 1929 | #842 | 71 | — | |
| 1928 | #924 | 64 | — | |
| 1927 | #839 | 77 | — | |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 | — | |
| 1925 | #773 | 91 | — | |
| 1924 | #804 | 86 | — | |
| 1923 | #786 | 86 | — | |
| 1922 | #798 | 83 | — | |
| 1921 | #742 | 97 | — | |
| 1920 | #739 | 95 | — | |
| 1919 | #685 | 104 | — | |
| 1918 | #643 | 122 | — | |
| 1917 | #713 | 94 | — | |
| 1916 | #700 | 96 | — | |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 | — | |
| 1914 | #671 | 75 | — | |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 | — | |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 | — | |
| 1911 | #617 | 48 | — | |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | — | |
| 1907 | #601 | 38 | — | |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | — | |
| 1905 | #570 | 37 | — | |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | — | |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 | — | |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 | — | |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 | — | |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 | — | |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | — | |
| 1897 | #462 | 40 | — | |
| 1896 | #403 | 50 | — | |
| 1895 | #488 | 36 | — | |
| 1894 | #349 | 63 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #396 | 45 | — | |
| 1891 | #440 | 33 | — | |
| 1890 | #468 | 31 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 | — | |
| 1887 | #344 | 39 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #409 | 24 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dena was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dena
- 123 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,546)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #4,546)
- 557 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1911 (#781 → #617)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1909 (#520 → #719)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1970 at #208 (1,542 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1990
- Highest: 1 in 1,134 girls born in 1970 were named Dena (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.2% of all girls named Dena (9,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 255 | #338 (1881) | #415 |
| 1890s | 415 | #349 (1894) | #440 |
| 1900s | 376 | #463 (1900) | #578 |
| 1910s | 803 | #615 (1915) | #673 |
| 1920s | 842 | #739 (1920) | #800 |
| 1930s | 674 | #768 (1931) | #840 |
| 1940s | 1,259 | #571 (1947) | #722 |
| 1950s | 3,956 | #387 (1959) | #467 |
| 1960s | 9,174 | #237 (1969) | #301 |
| 1970s | 8,504 | #208 (1970) | #309 |
| 1980s | 3,614 | #416 (1980) | #589 |
| 1990s | 1,310 | #957 (1990) | #1,348 |
| 2000s | 709 | #1,827 (2000) | #2,518 |
| 2010s | 406 | #3,256 (2010) | #3,767 |
| 2020s | 182 | #4,108 (2022) | #4,512 |
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.
Dena in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 1,421 of them was named Dena, which outranked 97.4% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 176,845 of them was named Dena, which outranked 44.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,973Zedrick11
- #2,973Zenas11
- #2,973Zoltan11
- #3,146Dena10
- #3,146Addam10
- #3,146Adriel10
- #3,146Akil10
- #3,370Able9
- #3,370Aden9
- #3,370Adi9
Tied with 223 names at #3,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.