girls:
659 births since 1946
#5057 (12th percentile)
boys:
163 births since 1975
#4423 (3rd percentile)
overall:
822 births since 1946
#6917 (11th percentile)
The name Deni is the #6,917 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 822 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,057 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 659 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,423 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 163 births since 1975.
Deni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Deni is available in 68 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 25 years for boys). 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.
The name Deni has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 40.0% of babies named Deni were girls.
For girls, Deni reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #729) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Deni ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 24.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Deni reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #839) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Deni ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 79.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Deni".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Deni is pronounced as DEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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