Girls' name · since 1949
Denine
Denine has 963 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 963
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Denine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 963 have been recorded since 1949.
Denine has 963 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1994.
- #7,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 963 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denine ranks #7,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 963 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #7,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 963
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Denine's 963 recorded births place it above 89.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
Denine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denine's full recorded timeline at 1972, 26% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 74% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 133 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1994
- Peak year (1964)
- 133
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Denine by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (519 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Denine's strongest decade.
519 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Denine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 105
1950s
105 births
- 1960s
1960s
519 births
- 1970s
1970s
232 births
- 1980s 84
1980s
84 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 519 births (54% of all-time use).
How Denine 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 Denine's total volume
Denine by state
Where Denine concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 98 | 10.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 84 | 8.7% |
| #3 | California | | 68 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 14 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 7 | 0.7% |
98 of 963 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Denine appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Denine's data
- Denine's decade-level peak was the 1960s (519 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Denines (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Denine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1949–1994 (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 Denine 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.