NameTides

Dene

Dene peaked in the US in 1965 at #2,833, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Dene as a girl’s name

  • US
Dene as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Dene as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2000#8,027 (12)
1999#9,479 (9)
1998#14,122 (5)
1997#13,724 (5)
1995#9,553 (8)
1994#8,804 (9)
1992#8,065 (10)
1991#6,976 (12)
1990#6,867 (12)
1989#6,955 (11)
1988#8,391 (8)
1987#5,074 (15)
1986#9,545 (6)
1985#5,348 (13)
1984#6,291 (10)

Dene as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Dene as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Dene as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2001—#3,134 (3)——
1996—#1,458 (8)——
1993#7,638 (6)—#378 (3)—
1991——#370 (3)#1,493 (6)
1987——#280 (4)—
1973#4,505 (6)———
1971#4,375 (6)———
1969#3,935 (6)———
1965#3,244 (7)———
1964#3,282 (7)———
1962#3,640 (6)———
1961#3,356 (7)———
1960#3,337 (7)———
1959#2,821 (9)———
1957#2,822 (9)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #2,833.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.
  • In 1973, 50% of US babies named Dene were girls.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeneCanadaBoys—too few
DeneEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DeneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DeneScotlandBoys—too few
DeneUSGirls—too few
DeneUSBoys—too few