Daja
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #7,640
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 241 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,399since 1979
Daja over time
Rank among girls' names. Daja has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #3,737 | 42 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 |
| 2003 | #1,755 | 107 |
| 2002 | #1,624 | 114 |
| 2001 | #1,516 | 123 |
| 2000 | #1,176 | 170 |
| 1999 | #1,088 | 183 |
| 1998 | #1,036 | 191 |
| 1997 | #1,008 | 191 |
| 1996 | #831 | 241 |
| 1995 | #967 | 195 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Daja! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1985, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Daja is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#162 · 1 in 489
- Louisiana#387 · 1 in 2,003
- Maryland#438 · 1 in 2,394
- Alabama#453 · 1 in 2,637
- Mississippi#474 · 1 in 2,361
Best ever in a state: #162 in District of Columbia, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #162 | 7 | 1 in 489 |
| Louisiana | #387 | 11 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Maryland | #438 | 10 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Alabama | #453 | 8 | 1 in 2,637 |
| Mississippi | #474 | 5 | 1 in 2,361 |
| Georgia | #594 | 12 | 1 in 3,811 |
| Illinois | #696 | 15 | 1 in 4,655 |
| Ohio | #791 | 9 | 1 in 6,838 |
| Tennessee | #808 | 5 | 1 in 6,124 |
| Michigan | #830 | 8 | 1 in 6,412 |
| New Jersey | #890 | 6 | 1 in 6,922 |
| Virginia | #896 | 5 | 1 in 6,871 |
| North Carolina | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 8,499 |
| Florida | #1,168 | 8 | 1 in 9,339 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,182 | 5 | 1 in 11,586 |
| California | #1,277 | 19 | 1 in 11,529 |
| New York | #1,299 | 9 | 1 in 11,091 |
| Texas | #1,390 | 12 | 1 in 12,269 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Daja
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,910 spots in 1995 (#2,877 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1997 (#831 → #1,008)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1996 at #831 (241 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1995–1996
- Highest: 1 in 7,274 girls born in 1996 were named Daja (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,613 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 49.7% of all girls named Daja (1,193) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,210 (1979) | #10,210 |
| 1980s | 126 | #2,330 (1988) | #6,445 |
| 1990s | 1,193 | #831 (1996) | #1,989 |
| 2000s | 857 | #1,176 (2000) | #2,442 |
| 2010s | 186 | #4,397 (2010) | #7,128 |
| 2020s | 32 | #7,640 (2023) | #12,151 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Daja in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
More about 1999
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1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 9,693 of them was named Daja, which outranked 93.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,085Bella185
- #1,086Ada184
- #1,086Bobbie184
- #1,088Daja183
- #1,088Amina183
- #1,088Betty183
- #1,088Chastity183
- #1,094Aracely182
- #1,094Chyanne182
- #1,094Jackie182
Tied with 5 names at #1,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.