Girls' name · since 1978
Deniqua
137 babies named Deniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deniqua sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 137 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Deniqua recorded 137 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1998.
- #23,695 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deniqua ranks #23,695 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deniqua's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deniqua splits its recorded history at 1992: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1998
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Deniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (103 births, 75% of the file).
1990s was Deniqua's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Deniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 103 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deniqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1978–1998 (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 Deniqua 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.