Dena

Girl · DEE-na · Hebrew

Dena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).

What does Dena mean?

Hebrew: usually a variant of Dinah; sometimes a feminine of Dean

Often linked to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah in Genesis, though some parents use it as a feminine of Dean.

Say it: DEE-na

Is Dena a girl's or a boy's name?

Dena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dena in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #5,990among girls
Babies in 2025: 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Dena, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were given Dena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Dina 28
Deena 11
Dinah 4
Deenah 3
Dena 3

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 13 in 20012025

Dena in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	3	#5,990
2024	3	#5,966
2023	1	#7,582
2022	3	#5,885
2021	0	–
2020	5	#4,110
2019	0	–
2018	7	#3,344
2017	3	#5,998
2016	6	#3,788
2015	5	#4,294
2014	3	#5,920
2013	3	#6,003
2012	4	#5,058
2011	7	#3,360
2010	5	#4,220
2009	5	#4,141
2008	8	#2,895
2007	0	–
2006	0	–
2005	3	#4,976
2004	10	#2,064
2003	7	#2,574
2002	1	#5,540
2001	13	#1,542
2000	11	#1,689
1999	8	#2,089
1998	6	#2,535
1997	10	#1,780
1996	9	#1,862

How popular is Dena in the US?

Rank in 2025: #4,545among girls
Babies in 2025: 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadydown 12% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Dena, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,542 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dena in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 258 girls in the US were given Dena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #913, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.

Dina 168
Dinah 34
Dena 30
Deena 26

1880Busiest: 1,542 in 19702025

Dena in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	30	#4,545
2024	29	#4,667
2023	27	#4,870
2022	35	#4,106
2021	32	#4,322
2020	29	#4,546
2019	32	#4,342
2018	37	#3,917
2017	42	#3,626
2016	44	#3,523
2015	37	#3,988
2014	45	#3,484
2013	43	#3,571
2012	34	#4,294
2011	42	#3,658
2010	50	#3,255
2009	47	#3,459
2008	59	#2,956
2007	61	#2,930
2006	66	#2,701
2005	69	#2,499
2004	65	#2,553
2003	84	#2,089
2002	93	#1,895
2001	71	#2,255
2000	94	#1,823
1999	90	#1,767
1998	101	#1,605
1997	101	#1,583
1996	154	#1,174
1995	127	#1,303
1994	115	#1,397
1993	128	#1,310
1992	142	#1,223
1991	156	#1,134
1990	196	#955
1989	218	#849
1988	250	#751
1987	236	#762
1986	273	#670
1985	358	#552
1984	406	#492
1983	416	#478
1982	451	#466
1981	476	#452
1980	530	#416
1979	537	#403
1978	517	#398
1977	582	#368
1976	676	#331
1975	815	#293
1974	838	#286
1973	854	#284
1972	972	#271
1971	1,171	#252
1970	1,542	#208
1969	1,264	#237
1968	1,019	#266
1967	960	#273
1966	843	#303
1965	810	#318
1964	908	#306
1963	957	#300
1962	906	#309
1961	768	#341
1960	739	#355
1959	599	#387
1958	516	#408
1957	471	#433
1956	503	#403
1955	467	#403
1954	427	#420
1953	315	#487
1952	229	#569
1951	224	#570
1950	205	#587
1949	178	#618
1948	172	#628
1947	223	#571
1946	123	#728
1945	127	#651
1944	112	#710
1943	84	#849
1942	88	#814
1941	79	#812
1940	73	#834
1939	76	#785
1938	68	#857
1937	64	#862
1936	65	#840
1935	59	#896
1934	49	#981
1933	66	#820
1932	73	#795
1931	76	#768
1930	78	#800
1929	71	#842
1928	64	#924
1927	77	#839
1926	92	#748
1925	91	#773
1924	86	#804
1923	86	#786
1922	83	#798
1921	97	#742
1920	95	#739
1919	104	#685
1918	122	#643
1917	94	#713
1916	96	#700
1915	113	#615
1914	75	#671
1913	62	#659
1912	59	#648
1911	48	#617
1910	30	#781
1909	31	#719
1908	49	#520
1907	38	#601
1906	28	#689
1905	37	#570
1904	39	#529
1903	24	#680
1902	36	#537
1901	41	#467
1900	53	#463
1899	37	#480
1898	48	#441
1897	40	#462
1896	50	#403
1895	36	#488
1894	63	#349
1893	32	#473
1892	45	#396
1891	33	#440
1890	31	#468
1889	30	#439
1888	38	#394
1887	39	#344
1886	32	#378
1885	27	#394
1884	24	#409
1883	16	#480
1882	13	#507
1881	23	#338
1880	13	#466

Nicknames for Dena

Names like Dena

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Dena

Dina Deena Dinah Deenah

Names related to Dena

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