Denaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-NAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Denaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Denaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Denaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Denaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Denaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Denaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Denaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Araya, Amaya, Dayana, Avaya, Nevaeh, Janiyah, Kiana, Anika, Maya, Amya, Kiara
Names related to Denaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Denaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/denaya, updated 20 October 2026.