Girls' name · since 2001
Daejanay
Daejanay has 20 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Daejanay since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daejanay has 20 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2002.
- #45,885 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daejanay ranks #45,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #45,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daejanay's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daejanay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daejanay splits its recorded history at 2002: 25% of all births land in the more recent half, 75% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daejanay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2002
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Daejanay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Daejanay's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Daejanay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daejanay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daejanay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.