How Many People Are Named Dene?
people named Dene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 576,365 people in the US has this name
Based on 795 babies named Dene in Social Security records from 1917 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DEAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dene in English. Counting Dene and these spellings together, about 137,296 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dene, 81.2% were girls and 18.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Dene rose from 61.9% in the 1950s to 100% in the 1980s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dene alive today is about 55 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dene first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1965, to 26 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Dene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,858, in 1965. Among boys, its best rank was #2,535, in 1947.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,858 (1965) | #2,535 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,613 in the 1960s | #3,491 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dene were born in California than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today.
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