Denese
Denese is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 985th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195498 births
- Best rank
- #985in 1954
- Since 1928
- 1,588people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,588 girls have been named Denese in the United States since 1928, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 98 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 98 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 41%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1954, its biggest year
Denese was the 985th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Denese
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sheliapeak 1959
- Lisepeak 1959
- Brunildapeak 1959
- Cathipeak 1961
- Pamelapeak 1954
- Cynthiapeak 1957
- Denisepeak 1961
- Teresiapeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.