The baby name Dena appears in baby name data for the United States from 1913 to 2024. It was most popular in 1970 with 1,822 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Dena has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 20 |
| 1914 | 36 |
| 1915 | 75 |
| 1916 | 61 |
| 1917 | 63 |
| 1918 | 82 |
| 1919 | 75 |
| 1920 | 46 |
| 1921 | 41 |
| 1922 | 33 |
| 1923 | 50 |
| 1924 | 58 |
| 1925 | 28 |
| 1926 | 50 |
| 1927 | 42 |
| 1928 | 29 |
| 1929 | 22 |
| 1930 | 39 |
| 1931 | 43 |
| 1932 | 33 |
| 1933 | 49 |
| 1935 | 16 |
| 1936 | 19 |
| 1937 | 16 |
| 1938 | 40 |
| 1939 | 40 |
| 1940 | 18 |
| 1941 | 15 |
| 1942 | 23 |
| 1943 | 74 |
| 1944 | 42 |
| 1945 | 46 |
| 1946 | 84 |
| 1947 | 123 |
| 1948 | 108 |
| 1949 | 140 |
| 1950 | 198 |
| 1951 | 214 |
| 1952 | 219 |
| 1953 | 371 |
| 1954 | 449 |
| 1955 | 517 |
| 1956 | 577 |
| 1957 | 521 |
| 1958 | 580 |
| 1959 | 704 |
| 1960 | 938 |
| 1961 | 925 |
| 1962 | 1,176 |
| 1963 | 972 |
| 1964 | 1,023 |
| 1965 | 877 |
| 1966 | 938 |
| 1967 | 1,067 |
| 1968 | 1,181 |
| 1969 | 1,505 |
| 1970 | 1,822 |
| 1971 | 1,406 |
| 1972 | 1,087 |
| 1973 | 1,016 |
| 1974 | 969 |
| 1975 | 944 |
| 1976 | 736 |
| 1977 | 684 |
| 1978 | 570 |
| 1979 | 604 |
| 1980 | 580 |
| 1981 | 460 |
| 1982 | 457 |
| 1983 | 450 |
| 1984 | 440 |
| 1985 | 393 |
| 1986 | 256 |
| 1987 | 216 |
| 1988 | 223 |
| 1989 | 175 |
| 1990 | 147 |
| 1991 | 112 |
| 1992 | 80 |
| 1993 | 85 |
| 1994 | 50 |
| 1995 | 85 |
| 1996 | 112 |
| 1997 | 73 |
| 1998 | 82 |
| 1999 | 28 |
| 2000 | 44 |
| 2001 | 24 |
| 2002 | 42 |
| 2003 | 44 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 32 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2007 | 37 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 17 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 |