Dena
Dena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 208th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19701,541 births
- Best rank
- #208in 1970
- Since 1880
- 32,444people given the name
The story in the numbers
32,444 girls have been named Dena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,541 births.
The name has all but left use: 28 births in 2024, against 1,541 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 28%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 255 | |
| 1890s | 415 | |
| 1900s | 376 | |
| 1910s | 803 | |
| 1920s | 842 | |
| 1930s | 674 | |
| 1940s | 1,259 | |
| 1950s | 3,956 | |
| 1960s | 9,174 | |
| 1970s | 8,503 | |
| 1980s | 3,614 | |
| 1990s | 1,310 | |
| 2000s | 707 | |
| 2010s | 405 | |
| 2020s | 151 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Dena was the 208th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Dena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Genapeak 1968
- Shelliepeak 1970
- Geniapeak 1964
- Lorindapeak 1965
- Jodiepeak 1970
- Reginapeak 1962
- Dinapeak 1969
- Melindapeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.