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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Denae

Denae was the 15502nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1570th; the most babies were born in 1997 (81). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,400 places. More babies were named Denae in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#15,502 girls, down 5,762 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
5girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199781 babies
Total since 1880
2,569babies recorded

Denae popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#15,5025
2020#9,74010
2010#4,63931
2000#2,14975
1990#1,88275
1980#1,81260
1970#2,95323
1960#4,5279
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Denae, counting every spelling?

Denae has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Denae?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Denae (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Denae 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 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Denae.

Chance of another Denae in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Denae?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Denae are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 25 and 44. That makes Denae mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Denae: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Denae, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Denae

How popular is the name Denae?

Denae was the 15502nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 1570th; the most babies were born in 1997 (81). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,400 places. More babies were named Denae in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Denae a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Denae in the US.