Dene

Boy · recorded 1917–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1925best year

Most popular in 1925.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dene.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

05919171936195519741993

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Dene, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19225
19259
19265
19285
19295
19307
19315
19337
19346
19416
19434
19444
19454
19475
19485
19495
19513
19525
19543
19554
19563
19574
19594
19603
19613
19623
19644
19654
19693
19713
19734
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dene isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
6
Rank in 1993
#7,638
How rare
1 in 326,888 boys
Since 1917
223

Dene was last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1925, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dene doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.