# Dena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dena/  
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 | 32,535 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 56 / 32,479 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 137, 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 | 42 | 3,679 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,321 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,593 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,504 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,013 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,537 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,646 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,945 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,367 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,573 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4,346 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,135 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,903 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,694 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,581 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,188 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,275 |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,196 |
| 1972 | 9 | 3,410 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,636 |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,953 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,624 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,385 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Dena

- Dena Dietrich, American actress (1928-2020)
- Dena Head, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Sabi, American singer, songwriter and actress

## 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.