Girls' name · since 1953
Denae
2,569 babies named Denae in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,569
- born since 1953
- 1990s
- peak decade
2,569 babies have been named Denae since 1953, making it today's #15187 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Denae recorded 2,569 times among girls since 1953, holding rank #15187 nationally today, ahead of 12% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #3,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,187 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,569 born since 1953
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denae ranks #3,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,187 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,569 born since 1953, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,187 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,569
- born since 1953
- 1990s
- peak decade
Denae's 2,569 recorded births place it above 94.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Denae compares
2,569 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Denae's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Denae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,569 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 81 | 21 | 19,840 |
Denae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Denae splits its recorded history at 1989: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1953 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 81 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Denae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 81
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Denae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (673 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Denae's strongest decade.
673 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Denae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 167
1960s
167 births
- 1970s
1970s
290 births
- 1980s
1980s
631 births
- 1990s
1990s
673 births
- 2000s
2000s
529 births
- 2010s 190
2010s
190 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 673 births (26% of all-time use).
How Denae compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Denae's total volume
Denae by state
Where Denae concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 338 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 80 | 3.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 51 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 40 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 10 | 0.4% |
338 of 2,569 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Denae appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Denae's data
- Denae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (673 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Denaes (338 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Denae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
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, 1953–2025 (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 Denae 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.