# Deena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,671 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 13,666 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 312, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 3,279 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,380 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,015 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,447 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,225 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,726 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,865 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,697 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,188 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,033 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,126 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,988 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,673 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,493 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,009 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | 4,533 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Deena

- Deena Kastor, American long distance runner and marathoner
- Deena Deardurff, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coac

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.