Girls' name · peaked in 1996
Deja name popularity since 1925
16,360 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Deja. Half of them were born in 1998 or earlier, so the typical Deja is about 28 years old in 2026. Deja peaked in 1996 as the #182 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,360
- Named Deja, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,039 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 16,274 girls · 86 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Deja made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Deja births per year, 1925–2025
1996 was the biggest year for Deja both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Deja became 5.6× more common, from 1 in 5,950 baby girls to 1 in 1,070.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 4,440 to 1 in 12,900.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Deja's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Deja.
Decade by decade
Babies named Deja in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 152 | 5 | #4,653 |
| 1980s | 951 | 14 | #2,959 |
| 1990s | 8,271 | 48 | #205 |
| 2000s | 5,238 | 19 | #749 |
| 2010s | 1,237 | 0 | #1,686 |
| 2020–25 | 420 | 0 | #3,039 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.2% of babies named Deja from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Deja is most popular
The index compares Deja's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Deja.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.30× | 504 |
| Georgia | 2.03× | 806 |
| Virginia | 1.87× | 604 |
| Florida | 1.83× | 948 |
| Louisiana | 1.59× | 409 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Deja and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Deja (this page) | 16,274 | 1996 |
| Dejah | 3,176 | 1999 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Deja's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Deja.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Deja (1996).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data