Girls' name · since 1960
Denea
Denea has 376 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,033 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 376
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 376 recorded since 1960.
Denea has 376 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2009.
- #14,033 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 376 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denea ranks #14,033 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 376 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,033 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 376
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denea's 376 recorded births place it above 80.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denea's full recorded timeline at 1988, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2009
- Peak year (1986)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Denea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (118 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Denea's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Denea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
118 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 118 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Denea's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2000s (74) -- 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 Denea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1960–2009 (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 Denea 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.