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unisex name

Dene

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 822

Scotland

#428

1993 births

Dene is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 70% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2000 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1965, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.

Dene over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2000, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Dene by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 57
1930s 38
1940s 83
1950s 139
1960s 176
1970s 95
1980s 114
1990s 76
2000s (to 2000) 12

How popular is Dene?

In 2000, Dene was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Dene is used

Scotland #428 3 in 1993
Canada #1,691 6 in 1991
England & Wales #3,959 3 in 2001
United States #8,451 12 in 2000

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dene

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dene also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dene over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dene

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dene — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dene

How popular is the name Dene?

In 2000, Dene was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Dene a girl's or a boy's name?

Dene is used for both girls and boys. About 70% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Dene most popular?

Dene peaked in 1965, when 26 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.