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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 1,638 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,274since 1962
Deja over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Deja has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 54 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,253 | 83 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,286 | 80 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,098 | 91 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,889 | 107 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,685 | 126 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,714 | 122 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,576 | 136 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,571 | 139 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,287 | 185 | — | |
| 2009 | #969 | 274 | — | |
| 2008 | #893 | 311 | — | |
| 2007 | #677 | 433 | — | |
| 2006 | #758 | 362 | — | |
| 2005 | #749 | 358 | — | |
| 2004 | #592 | 474 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #507 | 565 | — | |
| 2002 | #424 | 687 | — | |
| 2001 | #350 | 853 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #336 | 921 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #271 | 1,157 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #245 | 1,244 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #216 | 1,391 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #182 | 1,638 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #205 | 1,420 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #824 | 245 | — | |
| 1993 | #714 | 298 | — | |
| 1992 | #742 | 285 | — | |
| 1991 | #679 | 315 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #746 | 278 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #810 | 235 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #675 | 286 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,061 | 50 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 66 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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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.
Where Deja is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
- Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757
Best ever in a state: #32 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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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 Deja
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 612 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #3,028)
- Biggest jump: 661 spots in 1988
- Biggest drop: 318 spots in 2010
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,578 (1962) | #6,578 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,621 (1979) | #4,294 |
| 1980s | 951 | #675 (1988) | #1,842 |
| 1990s | 8,271 | #182 (1996) | #482 |
| 2000s | 5,238 | #336 (2000) | #626 |
| 2010s | 1,237 | #1,287 (2010) | #1,741 |
| 2020s | 420 | #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.
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