Unisex name · since 1946
Deni
Deni has 676 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 676
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
676 babies have been named Deni since 1946, making it today's #8932 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deni has been recorded 676 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #8932 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #9,732 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 676 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deni ranks #9,732 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 676 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,732 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 676
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Deni's 676 recorded births place it above 86.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Deni compares
676 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deni's all-time total is 80% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 676 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Deni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deni's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Deni popularity over time - boys
176 total births recorded since 1975 (Deni as boys' name)
Deni by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (148 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Deni's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Deni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
74 births
- 1960s
1960s
73 births
- 1970s
1970s
148 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 48
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 148 births (22% of all-time use).
How Deni compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Deni's total volume
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What to do with Deni's data
- Deni's decade-level peak was the 1970s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Deni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Deni 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.