How Many People Are Named Dena?
people named Dena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,957 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,535 babies named Dena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,542 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a short form of names ending with dena. It has also been used as a variant of DEANNA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dena in English. Counting Dena and these spellings together, about 175,918 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Dena (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dena alive today is about 53 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1970, to 1,542 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #208, in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #4,580.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,580 |
| Best rank | #208 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #301 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dena were born in California than in any other state: about 3,176 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dena was given 2.3 times as often in Oklahoma, 1.8 times in Oregon and 1.7 times in Kansas.
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