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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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
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1993#714298—
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1991#679315#8,2365
1990#746278#8,1175
1989#810235#7,9055
1988#675286#4,7869
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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.

Where Deja is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedMNIllinois: #518 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,585 girlsILWisconsin: #417 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,077 girlsWIMichigan: #378 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,717 girlsMINew York: #759 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,805 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedIAIndiana: #612 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,749 girlsINOhio: #625 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,226 girlsOHPennsylvania: #684 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,224 girlsPANew Jersey: #511 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,795 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #921 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 8,025 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedNEMissouri: #717 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,184 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedWVVirginia: #431 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,041 girlsVAMaryland: #415 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,687 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #337 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,343 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #563 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,385 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedMSAlabama: #597 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,276 girlsALGeorgia: #374 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,581 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deja, so not publishedHITexas: #902 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,241 girlsTXFlorida: #879 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,508 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#337 · 1 in 2,343
  2. Georgia#374 · 1 in 2,581
  3. Michigan#378 · 1 in 2,717
  4. Maryland#415 · 1 in 2,687
  5. Wisconsin#417 · 1 in 3,077

Best ever in a state: #32 in District of Columbia, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#337171 in 2,343
Georgia#374161 in 2,581
Michigan#378211 in 2,717
Maryland#415101 in 2,687
Wisconsin#41791 in 3,077
Virginia#431121 in 3,041
New Jersey#511121 in 3,795
Illinois#518211 in 3,585
Louisiana#56371 in 3,385
Alabama#59751 in 4,276
Indiana#61271 in 4,749
Ohio#625131 in 5,226
Pennsylvania#684111 in 6,224
Missouri#71751 in 6,184
New York#759201 in 5,805
Florida#879101 in 7,508
Texas#902191 in 7,241
California#921321 in 8,025
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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
  • 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 1992

girls
#742
285 births · 1 in 6,470 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #742Deja285
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 6,470 of them was named Deja, which outranked 95.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deja
  1. #739Beatrice286
  2. #739Ivy286
  3. #739Lynn286
  4. #742Deja285
  5. #742Shakira285
  6. #744Christiana284
  7. #744Infant284
  8. #744Reyna284

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

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →