Girls' name · since 1980
Denaya
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 299 babies named Denaya, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 299
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 299 recorded since 1980.
Denaya has 299 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 2018.
- #15,925 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 299 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denaya ranks #15,925 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 299
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Denaya's 299 recorded births place it above 77.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Denaya splits its recorded history at 2002: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Denaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2018
- Peak year (2006)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Denaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (141 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Denaya's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Denaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 141 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Denaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 2010s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Denaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~38 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, 1980–2018 (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 Denaya 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.