How rare is the name Deja?

13,244 people in the United States have the first name Deja, about 1 in 22,805. It ranks #2,050 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEJA

#2,050

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,244
About
1 in 22,805
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,244 people named Deja, 69.7% reported their origin as Black, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% as two or more races. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deja peaked in 1996, when 1,647 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
1,647
In 2025*
54 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,360 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Deja by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #659. The largest share of babies named Deja, 58.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#6,236157
1980s#2,224965
1990s#6598,319
2000s#1,0395,257
2010s#3,0891,237
2020s#4,473420
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9633.1%
Generation Z 1997–1258.2%
2013 and later7.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deja is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deja has been most common in District of Columbia (2.6×), Maryland (2.3×), and Georgia (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.28×).

14,192 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Deja

#2,048 Kirby · 13,276#2,049 Lula · 13,248#2,051 Wendi · 13,242#2,052 Hailee · 13,240

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deja, most common first.

#6,339 Dejah · 2,545#24,232 Deija · 399#25,022 Desa · 381#25,917 Deaja · 363#28,942 Deka · 308#32,025 Dejay · 265#35,338 Deqa · 228#35,546 Dejia · 226

Also a last name

As a last name, Deja ranks #56,329 of 156,621, with 392 people. See Deja as a last name

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