Dejah
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 341 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,176since 1973
Dejah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dejah has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,015 | 101 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,031 | 97 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,122 | 87 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,218 | 165 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,090 | 194 | — | |
| 2000 | #927 | 232 | — | |
| 1999 | #670 | 341 | — | |
| 1998 | #784 | 274 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,091 | 172 | — | |
| 1996 | #979 | 194 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,113 | 159 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
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| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Dejah! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dejah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dejah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dejah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 962 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 2000
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1999 at #670 (341 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1998–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,202
- Highest: 1 in 5,202 girls born in 1999 were named Dejah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 40.6% of all girls named Dejah (1,289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40 | #4,420 (1979) | #7,390 |
| 1980s | 130 | #4,455 (1985) | #5,678 |
| 1990s | 1,289 | #670 (1999) | #2,437 |
| 2000s | 1,275 | #927 (2000) | #1,737 |
| 2010s | 360 | #3,203 (2010) | #4,225 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,691 (2021) | #7,934 |
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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