Deni

Deni was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).

Deni as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Deni as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Deni as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#8,860 (11)—
2024#13,477 (6)—
2023#13,462 (6)—
2022#9,056 (11)—
2021#10,292 (9)—
2020#15,088 (5)#5,493 (3)
2019#11,356 (8)#4,686 (4)
2018#15,682 (5)#4,684 (4)
2017#14,124 (6)—
2015—#4,736 (4)
2013#14,582 (6)#5,742 (3)
2012—#5,876 (3)
2011#14,824 (6)#5,785 (3)
2010#10,451 (10)#3,156 (7)
2009—#3,422 (6)

Deni as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Deni as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Deni as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. 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
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#10,695 (6)—
2024#9,894 (7)—
2023#8,255 (9)#4,108 (4)
2018#10,760 (6)#3,959 (4)
2017#12,246 (5)#4,812 (3)
2015#12,086 (5)—
2014—#4,632 (3)
2013#12,136 (5)—
2011#10,808 (6)#4,647 (3)
2009#10,994 (6)#4,527 (3)
2008#6,763 (12)#4,432 (3)
2007#8,173 (9)—
2006#8,732 (8)—
2005#11,472 (5)—
2004#5,813 (13)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #3,110.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 65% of US babies named Deni were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Deni is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 98,000 to 1 in 350,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.