Denaly — #16358 US girls' name
111 babies named Denaly in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Denaly was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Denaly in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denaly
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Denaly between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denaly currently holds the #16358 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denaly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Denaly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Denaly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denaly 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 111 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.
Denaly at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Denaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16358 among girls.
111 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 12 births in a single year.
Denaly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 50 births that decade — 45% of Denaly's all-time total
Denaly decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Denaly's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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 | 4.5% |
5 of 111 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.