Girls' name · since 1978
Denai
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 133 babies named Denai, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,027 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denai is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 133 have been recorded since 1978.
Denai has 133 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2022.
- #24,027 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 133 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denai ranks #24,027 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 133 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,027 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denai's 133 recorded births place it above 66.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denai's full recorded timeline at 1998, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Denai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Denai's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Denai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Denai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Denai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
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, 1978–2022 (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 Denai 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.