Deja
Deja was the 3039th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 182nd with 1,638 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,353 places. More babies were named Deja in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,039 girls, down 617 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19961,638 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,360babies recorded
Deja popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 86 since 1979.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,039 | 54 |
| 2020 | #2,422 | 72 |
| 2010 | #1,289 | 185 |
| 2000 | #336 | 921 |
| 1990 | #746 | 278 |
| 1980 | #1,707 | 66 |
| 1970 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Deja, counting every spelling?
Deja is the most common spelling of a name family that had 67 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 67 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deja | 54 | #3,039 | 348 |
| Dejah | 13 | #7,990 | 66 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Deja?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deja (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Deja born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deja.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Deja?
About 16,000 people born in the US named Deja are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 23 and 30. That makes Deja mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Deja by state
How common Deja was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Deja: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deja, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Deja
How popular is the name Deja?
Deja was the 3039th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 182nd with 1,638 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,353 places. More babies were named Deja in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Deja a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Deja in the US.
Where is Deja most popular?
In 2021–2025, Deja was most common in Florida (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Texas.