How Many People Are Named Denita?
people named Denita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 136,495 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,750 babies named Denita in Social Security records from 1948 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
114 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Denita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Denita alive today is about 53 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Denita first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1966, to 114 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Denita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #952, in 1966.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #952 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,089 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Denita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Denita were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 104 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Denita was given 3.5 times as often in North Carolina, 2.4 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in Texas.
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