Denean — girls' name
484 babies named Denean in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Denean was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Denean in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denean
The Social Security Administration has registered 484 babies named Denean between 1955 and 1997, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denean performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Denean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Denean in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denean 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 484 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.
Denean at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Denean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1955
- Peak year (1965)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
484 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 61 births in a single year.
Denean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 243 births that decade — 50% of Denean's all-time total
Denean decade highlights
- Peak decade 243 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Denean's strongest decade
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Denean by state
Where Denean concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 7 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
15 of 484 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% 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, 1955–1997 (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.