Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Dena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

1,541

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

32,444

Dena once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 1,541 girls were named Dena.

In 2024, only 28 girls were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 32,444 Americans have been named Dena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19701,541 girls named Dena

202428 girls named Dena

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