Deja

#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 1,638 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,274
since 1962

Deja over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Deja has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #182, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,02854
2024#2,85758
2023#2,44273
2022#2,25383
2021#2,28680
2020#2,41672
2019#2,09090
2018#2,09891
2017#1,889107
2016#1,908105
2015#1,685126
2014#1,714122
2013#1,576136
2012#1,591136
2011#1,571139
2010#1,287185
2009#969274
2008#893311
2007#677433
2006#758362
2005#749358
2004#592474#11,3565
2003#507565
2002#424687
2001#350853#8,3397
2000#336921#8,2097
1999#2711,157#9,9125
1998#2451,244#9,6315
1997#2161,391#8,1106
1996#1821,638#5,9829
1995#2051,420#4,50813
1994#824245
1993#714298
1992#742285
1991#679315#8,2365
1990#746278#8,1175
1989#810235#7,9055
1988#675286#4,7869
1987#1,336102
1986#2,14849
1985#2,93931
1984#2,42139
1983#1,96152
1982#2,36941
1981#2,06150
1980#1,70466
1979#2,62134#6,0565
1978#3,28323
1977#3,17624
1976#3,67818
1975#4,59313
1974#5,01111
1973#4,58612
1972#6,5587
1971#5,13610
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Deja! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Deja
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 171 spots since 2024 (#2,857#3,028)
  • 612 spots since 2020 (#2,416#3,028)
  • 1,343 spots since 2015 (#1,685#3,028)
  • Biggest jump: 661 spots in 1988 (#1,336#675)
  • Biggest drop: 318 spots in 2010 (#969#1,287)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1996 at #182 (1,638 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1988–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,070
  • Highest: 1 in 1,070 girls born in 1996 were named Deja (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 50.8% of all girls named Deja (8,271) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#6,578 (1962)#6,578
1970s152#2,621 (1979)#4,294
1980s951#675 (1988)#1,842
1990s8,271#182 (1996)#482
2000s5,238#336 (2000)#626
2010s1,237#1,287 (2010)#1,741
2020s420#2,253 (2022)#2,547

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.

Deja in 2004

girls
#592
474 births · 1 in 3,874 girls
boys
#11,356
5 births · 1 in 396,996 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #592Deja474

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #11,356Deja5
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 3,874 of them was named Deja, which outranked 96.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deja
  1. #589Daphne478
  2. #590Gwendolyn476
  3. #590Norah476
  4. #592Deja474
  5. #592Gisselle474
  6. #594Ally473
  7. #594Delilah473
  8. #594Meagan473

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 396,996 of them was named Deja, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deja
  1. #9,948Zyquavion6
  2. #9,948Zyrus6
  3. #9,948Zytavious6
  4. #11,356Deja5
  5. #11,356Aadin5
  6. #11,356Aareon5
  7. #11,356Aaronjosh5

Tied with 1,872 names at #11,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 1,308Koda#2,238#930
  2. 1,190Tayshaun#2,153#963
  3. 1,006Kanye#1,492#486
  4. 910Kyan#1,497#587
  5. 814Jaidyn#1,630#816
Fallers
  1. 455Jahiem#873#1,328
  2. 325Ervin#942#1,267
  3. 323Jahir#809#1,132
  4. 282Jaheim#457#739
  5. 270Sabastian#946#1,216

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2004