Deni — #13633 US unisex name
665 babies named Deni in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Deni was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Deni in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deni
The Social Security Administration has registered 665 babies named Deni between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deni currently holds the #13633 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Deni is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 170 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deni performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Deni shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deni 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 665 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.
Deni at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deni popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1974)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #13633 among girls.
665 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 22 births in a single year.
Deni popularity over time — boys
170 total births recorded since 1975 (Deni as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Deni accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Deni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 148 births that decade — 22% of Deni's all-time total
Deni decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Deni's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.