Dajah — girls' name
2,013 babies named Dajah in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Dajah was born in this single decade.
181 babies were named Dajah in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dajah
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,013 babies named Dajah between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dajah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 181 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dajah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 918 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dajah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dajah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dajah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,013 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dajah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dajah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (1999)
- 181
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,013 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 181 births in a single year.
Dajah popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2003 (Dajah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dajah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dajah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 918 births that decade — 46% of Dajah's all-time total
Dajah decade highlights
- Peak decade 918 births
- Runner-up 875 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dajah's strongest decade
918 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Dajah by state
Where Dajah concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 122 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 118 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 112 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 111 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 99 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Texas | | 81 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 70 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 66 | 3.3% |
122 of 2,013 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.9% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dajah appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.