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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Denita

Denita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 952nd with 114 babies. More babies were named Denita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1966114 babies
Total since 1880
2,750babies recorded

Denita popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#9,33910
1990#2,91939
1980#1,86558
1970#1,39375
1960#1,28174
1950#4,8656
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Denita, counting every spelling?

Denita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Denita?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Denita are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 46 and 63. That makes Denita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
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.

Denita by state

How common Denita was among girls born in each state in 1964–1968, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (2.6×), North Carolina (1.9×), Illinois (1.7×). In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIL0.09Michigan: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesMI0.01New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIN0.02Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesKY0.12West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAR0.18Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNC0.11South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesAL0.15Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Denita, girls, 1964–1968. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Denita

How popular is the name Denita?

Denita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 952nd with 114 babies. More babies were named Denita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Denita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,750 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Denita most popular?

In 1964–1968, Denita was most common in Arkansas (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Kentucky.