Dene

Girl · recorded 1921–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls 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.

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Its story

Popularity since 1921

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Dene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19215
19244
19255
19288
19325
19347
19425
19455
19463
19473
19485
19506
19513
19523
19535
19545
19554
19567
19573
19584
19593
19605
19617
19626
19636
19647
196511
196610
19675
196810
19698
19707
19714
197211
19734
19759
19765
19775
19799
198010
19817
19827
19836
19846
19858
19863
19879
19884
19896
19906
19916
19925
19945
19955
19973
19983
19995
20007

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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
12
Rank in 2000
#8,027
How rare
1 in 151,336 girls
Since 1921
572

Dene was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1965, at 11 per million girls 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.