Denai — girls' name
133 babies named Denai in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
133 girls have been named Denai since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 133
- total births
- 1978–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Denai was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Denai in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denai
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Denai between 1978 and 2022, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Denai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denai 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 133 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.
Denai at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Denai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1978
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
133 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 15 births in a single year.
Denai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 58 births that decade — 44% of Denai's all-time total
Denai decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Denai's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1978–2022 (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.