girls:
180 births since 1937
#5536 (3rd percentile)
overall:
180 births since 1937
#7559 (2nd percentile)
The name Denece is the #7,559 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 180 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,536 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 180 births since 1937.
Denece first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (first recorded for girls in 1937). Birth data for Denece is available in 21 out of the 36 years between 1937 and 1972. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Denece reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #734) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Denece".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Denece. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.5% confident that Denece is pronounced as duh-NEES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-NEHS, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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