Denae — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denae

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,564 babies named Denae between 1953 and 2023, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 673 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Denae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 338 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Denae in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,564 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.