How Many People Are Named Denae?
An estimated 2,426 people in the United States have the first name Denae. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Denae peaked in popularity in 1997 with 81 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Denae as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Denae paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,426
About 1 in 141,284 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
1997
81 births
Total Registered
2,564
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Denae
Denae is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,564 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Denae as a female name
Ranked #12,453 in 2023
7 female births in 2023
Peak: 1997 (81 births)
Denae: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Denae span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 673 babies were registered. Denae has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Denae by Decade
How has Denae tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Denae by State
Birth registrations for Denae span all 12 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Washington, New Mexico, Maryland. On average, about 49 Denaes were registered per state.
Denae + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Denae as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Denae
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Denae: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Denae?
We estimate approximately 2,426 people named Denae are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 141,284 Americans share this first name.
Is Denae a common name?
Denae is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,564 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Denae most popular?
Denae reached peak popularity in 1997, when 81 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Denae is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Denae a female name?
Denae is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Denae Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Denae Smith, Denae Johnson, Denae Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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