girl's name

Denese

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,591

Ireland

#435

1968 births

Denese is a girl's name. In 2006 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1954, when 98 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1928.

Denese over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '00
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Births named Denese by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 11
1930s 12
1940s 101
1950s 646
1960s 579
1970s 181
1980s 48
2000s (to 2006) 10

How popular is Denese?

In 2006, Denese was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Denese is used

Ireland #435 3 in 1968
United States #18,484 5 in 2006

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 Denese

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

Parents who like Denese also like

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

Sibling names for Denese

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

Common questions about Denese

How popular is the name Denese?

In 2006, Denese was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Denese is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Denese most popular?

Denese peaked in 1954, when 98 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.