Denae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-NAY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Denae is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Denae come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Denay or Denise
Is Denae a girl's or a boy's name?
Denae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Denae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Denae, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the girls named Denae in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Denae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Denae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,070 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,825 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,028 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,067 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,876 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,775 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Denae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Brynn Devyn Teagan Kaylee Kaitlyn Brenna Regan Keely Brianna Keeley Eden
Other spellings of Denae
Names related to Denae
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Denae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denae, updated 20 October 2026.