Dena Girl
How popular is Dena?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Dena in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Dena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▲ 122 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (1,542 girls) |
| Highest rank | #208 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Deanna family of names ranked #1,341 for girls in 2025 (#1,373 the year before), with 128 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dena is most popular
Babies named Dena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Dena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 255 | #338 |
| 1890s | 415 | #349 |
| 1900s | 376 | #463 |
| 1910s | 803 | #615 |
| 1920s | 842 | #739 |
| 1930s | 674 | #768 |
| 1940s | 1,259 | #571 |
| 1950s | 3,956 | #387 |
| 1960s | 9,174 | #237 |
| 1970s | 8,504 | #208 |
| 1980s | 3,614 | #416 |
| 1990s | 1,310 | #955 |
| 2000s | 709 | #1,823 |
| 2010s | 406 | #3,255 |
| 2020s | 182 | #4,106 |
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Questions
- Is Dena a boy or girl name?
- Dena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dena were girls.
- How popular is the name Dena?
- 30 baby girls were named Dena in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Dena most popular?
- Dena peaked in 1970, when 1,542 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #208 in 1970.
- How many people are named Dena?
- 32,535 babies have been named Dena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,690 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Dena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dena was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.