Denette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denette

The Social Security Administration has registered 692 babies named Denette between 1948 and 1992, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 340 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Denette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Denette in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denette 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 692 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.