Is Denese a boy or girl name?

Denese is a girl’s name. Of the 1,588 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Denese

Recorded 1928–2006 · United States

Denese was most popular in 1954, when 98 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,663 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,588 people named Denese.

Denese over time

Births per year. The dot marks Denese’s peak in 1954. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Denese a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Denese is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,588 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Denese

Where Denese is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org