Dene is a rare variant of Dena that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Dene is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Dene was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1965 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,168 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | #9,702 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,760 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #14,327 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #9,822 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,018 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | — | #7,867 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,240 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #7,074 | — |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #6,987 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #7,100 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #8,594 | — |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #5,131 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #9,850 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,431 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,408 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,332 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,630 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,647 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,371 | — |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #4,894 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #7,039 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,479 | — |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #4,655 | — |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #7,661 | #4,637 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | #3,755 | — |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #7,609 | #4,528 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #4,294 | — |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #4,013 | #4,055 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #3,349 | — |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,696 | — |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #3,070 | — |
| 1965 | 26 | — | #2,859 | #3,319 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #3,558 | #3,355 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,074 | — |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #3,833 | #3,734 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #3,348 | #3,431 |
| 1960 | 17 | — | #4,253 | #3,418 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #5,154 | #2,876 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,254 | — |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #5,557 | #2,873 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #3,080 | #3,627 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #4,845 | #3,025 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #4,043 | #3,536 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,754 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #5,050 | #2,723 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #4,976 | #3,430 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,271 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,660 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #3,955 | #2,654 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | #4,876 | #2,536 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,119 | — |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #3,754 | #3,429 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,541 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,667 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,824 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | — | #2,936 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #3,538 | #3,375 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,078 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,562 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #3,902 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | — | #3,085 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,098 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #3,236 | #3,816 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,355 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | #4,553 | #2,792 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,252 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,457 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,603 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | — | #4,124 |