Denecia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denecia

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Denecia between 1959 and 2007, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denecia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Denecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Denecia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denecia 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 202 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.