Girls' name · since 2003
Denaly
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 116 babies named Denaly, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denaly currently ranks #16021 among girls' names in America, with 116 babies recorded since 2003.
Denaly has 116 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16021 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, 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 2003 to 2025.
- #25,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denaly ranks #25,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denaly's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Denaly compares
116 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Denaly's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Denaly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Denaly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Denaly's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Denaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Denaly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Denaly's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Denaly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (43% of all-time use).
Denaly by state
Where Denaly concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 116 births nationwide.
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What to do with Denaly's data
- Denaly's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Denalys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Denaly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Denaly 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.