Denna
Girl · DEE-na · Hebrew
Denna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Denna mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Dena; 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.
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- DEE-na
Meaning borrowed from Dena.
Is Denna a girl's or a boy's name?
Denna is a girls' name.
How popular is Denna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1969, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Denna in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Denna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,473 |
| 1970 | 99 | #1,168 |
| 1969 | 102 | #1,095 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,244 |
| 1967 | 78 | #1,204 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 59 | #1,437 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,211 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,434 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,595 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,377 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Denna
Names like Denna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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