Deena
Deena was the 5009th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 396th with 593 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,784 places. More babies were named Deena in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,009 girls, down 976 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1970593 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,671babies recorded
Deena popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1969.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,009 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,033 | 35 |
| 2010 | #2,817 | 62 |
| 2000 | #2,178 | 73 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 |
| 1980 | #891 | 171 |
| 1970 | #396 | 593 |
| 1960 | #595 | 278 |
| 1950 | #768 | 127 |
| 1940 | #1,527 | 26 |
| 1930 | #2,580 | 12 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | #1,982 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Deena, counting every spelling?
Deena is the most common spelling of a name family that had 26 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 26 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deena | 26 | #5,009 | 140 |
| Denna | — | — | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Deena?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deena (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Deena born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deena.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Deena?
About 12,100 people born in the US named Deena are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 42 and 63. That makes Deena mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Deena by state
How common Deena was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Deena
How popular is the name Deena?
Deena was the 5009th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 396th with 593 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,784 places. More babies were named Deena in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Deena a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Deena in the US.
Where is Deena most popular?
In 2021–2025, Deena was most common in New Jersey (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.