Recorded 1980–2018 Girls' name Peak 2006 299 births

Denaya — girls' name

299 babies named Denaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s241990s752000s1412010s59
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Denaya was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

20 babies were named Denaya in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Denaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Denaya between 1980 and 2018, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denaya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Denaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denaya 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 299 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.

Denaya at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

299

Since 1980

39 years of records

Peak year

2006

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1980

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2018

Denaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1980

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2006)
20
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
0510152025 201820142009200520011996199219841980 5

Denaya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
141 births that decade — 47% of Denaya's all-time total
1980s241990s752000s1412010s59

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Denaya?
299 babies have been named Denaya since 1980. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2006 with 20 births.
When was Denaya most popular?
Denaya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 141 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Denaya been used?
Denaya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 39 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Denaya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Denise, Dena, Denice, Denisse, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2018 (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.