Denese — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denese

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,588 babies named Denese between 1928 and 2006, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denese performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 646 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Denese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Denese in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denese 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 1,588 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.