Denna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Denna

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,377 babies named Denna between 1921 and 2023, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Denna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 720 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Denna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Denna in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denna 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 2,377 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.