Deni
#9,009 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Deni has been given to 852 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #9,009 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1974, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.
Babies named Deni, 2025
1 in 301,000
Deni over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Deni over time
In 2025, Deni went to 65% girls and 35% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Deni?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 146,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #9,009
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Deni sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Denis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Deni was born before 1983 — so the typical Deni is around 42 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 21.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 21.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 670
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 21.9% of all recorded uses (148).
Is Deni rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +4,908
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +6,713
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 50.0%
- Peak was 1974 (22)
- Years since peak
- 51
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 34.2% average annual change
Spellings of Deni
Deni is not the most common spelling — Denise is, with 22.7% against Deni's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Deni around the world
Where Deni ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2020#5,493in 2020
- South Australia1992–2013#818in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Deni by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Deni
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Deni
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.