Denea — girls' name
376 babies named Denea in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
376 girls have been named Denea since 1960, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.
- 376
- total births
- 1960–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Denea was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Denea in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denea
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Denea between 1960 and 2009, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Denea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denea 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 376 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.
Denea at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Denea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1960
- Peak year (1986)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
376 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 19 births in a single year.
Denea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 118 births that decade — 31% of Denea's all-time total
Denea decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Denea's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1960–2009 (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.