Girls' name · since 1992
Dajae
171 babies named Dajae in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dajae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 171 have been recorded since 1992.
Dajae has 171 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2008.
- #21,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dajae ranks #21,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dajae's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Dajae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dajae splits its recorded history at 2000: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dajae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2008
- Peak year (1995)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
171 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 20 births in a single year.
Dajae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (104 births, 61% of the file).
1990s was Dajae's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Dajae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 104 births (61% of all-time use).
Dajae decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Dajae by state
Where Dajae concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 5.8% |
10 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Dajae's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2000s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Dajaes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dajae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 1992–2008 (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 Dajae 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.
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