# Denisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/denisa/  
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 | 994 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 994 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 449, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Denise. By surface analysis, Denis + -a.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 8,124 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,899 |
| 2005 | 18 | 6,613 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,450 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,313 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,914 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,087 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,479 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,542 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,236 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,980 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,807 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,253 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,920 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,890 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1,172 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Denisa

- Denisa Šátralová, Czech female tennis player
- Denisa Rosolová, Czech athlete
- Denisa Chládková, Czech female tennis player
- Denisa Dvořáková, Czech model
- Nikola Babić, association football player (1905-1974)

## 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.