Denita
Denita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 952nd, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1966114 births
- Best rank
- #952in 1966
- Since 1948
- 2,750people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,750 girls have been named Denita in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 114 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 114 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1966, its biggest year
Denita was the 952nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Denita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kellepeak 1962
- Tammarapeak 1963
- Feleciapeak 1963
- Tamrapeak 1959
- Bethannepeak 1964
- Reneapeak 1964
- Bethannpeak 1967
- Heidepeak 1968
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.