Deaja — girls' name
433 babies named Deaja in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
433 girls have been named Deaja since 1988, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 433
- total births
- 1988–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Deaja was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Deaja in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deaja
The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Deaja between 1988 and 2021, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deaja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deaja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Deaja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deaja 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 433 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.
Deaja at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1988
- Peak year (1999)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
433 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 32 births in a single year.
Deaja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 208 births that decade — 48% of Deaja's all-time total
Deaja decade highlights
- Peak decade 208 births
- Runner-up 142 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Deaja's strongest decade
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2021 (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.