Denice — #13568 US girls' name
10,649 babies named Denice in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1957. 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.
34% of everyone ever named Denice was born in this single decade.
450 babies were named Denice in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Denice
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,649 babies named Denice between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denice currently holds the #13568 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 450 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Denice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,660 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Denice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,733 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Denice in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Denice 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 10,649 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.
Denice at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Denice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (1957)
- 450
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #13568 among girls.
10,649 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 450 births in a single year.
Denice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 3,660 births that decade — 34% of Denice's all-time total
Denice decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,660 births
- Runner-up 3,105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Denice's strongest decade
3,660 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Denice by state
Where Denice concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,733 | 16.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 625 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 589 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 539 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 530 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 411 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 409 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 270 | 2.5% |
1,733 of 10,649 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Denice appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1921–2024 (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.