Girls' name · since 1961
Denielle
980 babies named Denielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 980
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denielle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 980 have been recorded since 1961.
Denielle has 980 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2013.
- #7,628 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 980 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denielle ranks #7,628 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 980 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 980
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denielle's 980 recorded births place it above 89.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Denielle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denielle's full recorded timeline at 1986, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2013
- Peak year (1985)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Denielle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (398 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Denielle's strongest decade.
398 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Denielle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 55
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
269 births
- 1980s
1980s
398 births
- 1990s
1990s
197 births
- 2000s 50
2000s
50 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 398 births (41% of all-time use).
How Denielle 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 Denielle's total volume
Denielle by state
Where Denielle concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 65 | 6.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 28 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
65 of 980 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Denielle's data
- Denielle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (398 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Denielles (65 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Denielle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1961–2013 (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 Denielle 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.