Dena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dena: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,520 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1520highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1958
1998	#2407
1999	#2189
2000	#1688
2001	#1520
2003	#2436
2004	#2278
2005	#4798
2008	#3005
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2018	#3178
2020	#3899
2022	#5669
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1520 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	52	7 of 10	7
2010s	41	9 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1520 in England and Wales in 2001.

Dena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,520, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dempsey · #1591, 29y
Denas · #479, 18y
Deniro · #2005, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Saleena · #1520, 25y
Aneirin · #1519, 27y
Crispin · #1519, 20y
Gurvir · #1519, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jameela · #1520, 29y
Roxi · #1520, 15y
Saleena · #1520, 25y
Tulsi · #1520, 29y

Dena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dena without appearing here.

Dena moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.
Carol Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #4684.
Helene Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Dena

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Finley Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2278 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Dena

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Dena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dena went from #1755 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1520 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dena

Dena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dena and the names beside it

Dena moved ahead of

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Dena at a glance

Dena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dena and the names beside it

Dena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dena

Moved the opposite way to Dena

Moved the same way as Dena