Denese

Girl · recorded 1928–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1954best year

Most popular in 1954.

Last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

0255019281948196719872006

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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 51 recorded years as a table
Denese, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19284
19295
19346
19385
19417
19424
19434
19445
19457
19468
194711
194811
19499
195014
195119
195232
195335
195450
195540
195637
195743
195834
195928
196030
196138
196226
196333
196433
196535
196632
196733
196829
196927
197014
197123
197216
197313
19749
197512
197611
19775
19786
19796
19805
19836
19843
19857
19875
19893
20043
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Denese 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 2006
5
Rank in 2006
#17,168
How rare
1 in 380,241 girls
Since 1928
1,588

Denese was last recorded in 2006. 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 1954, at 50 per million girls born.

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

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