Girls' name · since 1959

Deenie

Deenie has 17 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#47,633 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1959
1960s
peak decade

Deenie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1959.

Deenie has 17 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1968.

  • #47,633 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 17 born since 1959
  • 1960s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deenie ranks #47,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.

#47,633 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1959
1960s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Deenie's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Deenie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Deenie's full recorded timeline at 1962, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Deenie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1968

Last recorded 1968
Peak year (1962)
7
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 195919621968 5

Deenie by decade

1960s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).

1960s was Deenie's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Deenie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1960s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deenie?
Deenie has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1959, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #47,633 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1968. 7 babies were born in 1962, its single highest year.
Where does Deenie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deenie ranks #47,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Deenie most popular?
Deenie was most popular in the 1960s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1962.
How long has the name Deenie been used?
Records for Deenie go back to 1959, giving 10 years of history through 1968.
What names are similar to Deenie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dee, Deena, Deedee, Deeann, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Deenie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Deenie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.