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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Deja has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#267 · 1 in 1,705
- Ohio#375 · 1 in 2,984
- Virginia#396 · 1 in 2,990
- Connecticut#415 · 1 in 3,125
- Illinois#428 · 1 in 3,071
Best ever in a state: #32 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,705 |
| Ohio | #375 | 23 | 1 in 2,984 |
| Virginia | #396 | 12 | 1 in 2,990 |
| Connecticut | #415 | 6 | 1 in 3,125 |
| Illinois | #428 | 24 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Georgia | #442 | 13 | 1 in 3,086 |
| Louisiana | #456 | 9 | 1 in 2,924 |
| Indiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,769 |
| New Jersey | #484 | 12 | 1 in 3,774 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 9 | 1 in 4,260 |
| Wisconsin | #579 | 5 | 1 in 5,731 |
| Pennsylvania | #648 | 11 | 1 in 6,356 |
| Michigan | #674 | 9 | 1 in 6,381 |
| California | #783 | 35 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Texas | #801 | 19 | 1 in 6,752 |
| New York | #874 | 14 | 1 in 8,147 |
| Florida | #1,039 | 7 | 1 in 10,417 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1996 at #182 (1,638 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1988–2009
- 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%)
- 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.
Deja in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,227 of them was named Deja, which outranked 95.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #671Cherie287
- #671Emilee287
- #671Leeann287
- #675Deja286
- #675Araceli286
- #675Felisha286
- #675Kassie286
- #680Alesha285
- #681Kimberley284
- #682Sofia282
Tied with 4 names at #675; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 212,698 of them was named Deja, which outranked 43.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,450Zaire10
- #4,450Zebediah10
- #4,450Zoltan10
- #4,786Deja9
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
- #5,200Abayomi8
- #5,200Abby8
- #5,200Abhishek8
Tied with 413 names at #4,786; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.