Girls' name · since 1966
Denah
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.
- #33,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Denah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1966.
Denah has 58 recorded births among girls since 1966, 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 1966 to 2010.
- #33,224 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denah ranks #33,224 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #33,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Denah's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denah's full recorded timeline at 1977, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2010
- Peak year (1969)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Denah by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (22 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Denah's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Denah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 22 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Denah's decade-level peak was the 1960s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Denah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1966–2010 (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 Denah 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.