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Girl name

Denene

100% girls · last recorded 1985

Denene has been given to about 351 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1964, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 323
Median age today60 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Denene per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1964 · 66
  • Born in 20250
  • All time351

How popular is Denene?

Its best year was 1964, when 66 babies were given the name, ranking 1385th. The typical living American called Denene is about 60 years old today.

Names that sound like Denene

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Helene0.75
  2. Selene0.75
  3. Deanne0.70
  4. Dorene0.70
  5. Deane0.70
  6. Cheyenne0.66
  7. Denise0.64
  8. Darlene0.63

Middle names for Denene

Ranked by flow score
  1. Denene Rose0.83
  2. Denene Marie0.83
  3. Denene Grace0.83
  4. Denene Louise0.83
  5. Denene Claire0.82
  6. Denene Mae0.82

Sibling names for Denene

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Chrisbrother · 0.58
  2. Pennysister · 0.56
  3. Troybrother · 0.56
  4. Scottbrother · 0.54
  5. Reginasister · 0.53
  6. Angiesister · 0.53

Where Denene is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Denene White0.78
    2. Denene Nguyen0.78
    3. Denene Moore0.78
    4. Denene Hill0.78
    5. Denene Hall0.78
    6. Denene Brown0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Denene

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.