Denah — girls' name
58 babies named Denah in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
58 girls have been named Denah since 1966, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2010.
- 58
- total births
- 1966–2010
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Denah was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Denah in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denah
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Denah between 1966 and 2010, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denah performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Denah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denah 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 58 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.
Denah at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Denah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1966
- Peak year (1969)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
58 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 10 births in a single year.
Denah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 22 births that decade — 38% of Denah's all-time total
Denah decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Denah's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.