Deja
Deja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 58 births. Its best rank was 182nd, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 580.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19961,638 births
- Best rank
- #182in 1996
- Since 1962
- 16,215people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,215 girls have been named Deja in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 1,638 births.
The name has all but left use: 58 births in 2024, against 1,638 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 51%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Deja was the 182nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Deja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dajapeak 1996
- Tatyanapeak 1999
- Alexuspeak 1996
- Mickaylapeak 1999
- Elexuspeak 1997
- Alexiuspeak 1998
- Dejahpeak 1999
- Jocelynepeak 1996
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.