Girls' name · since 1972
Deneka
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 183 babies named Deneka, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
183 girls have been named Deneka since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deneka has 183 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1997.
- #20,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 183 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deneka ranks #20,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 183 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Deneka's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deneka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deneka's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1997
- Peak year (1978)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Deneka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Deneka's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Deneka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Deneka's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 1990s (50) -- 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 Deneka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1972–1997 (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 Deneka 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.