Dena
Pronounced D IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1970
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Dena?
Dena is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 64,560 children — the 469th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1970, when 3,099 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Dina and Drina — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dena and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Dina
- Drina
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D IY1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dena
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dena
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dena?
- Dena ranks 469th among girls' names in US records, with 64,560 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,124.
- Is Dena a unisex name?
- No. Dena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dena most popular?
- 1970, when 3,099 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dena spelled?
- Dina, Drina. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.