Girls' name · since 1994
Deajah
Deajah has 394 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 394
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deajah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 394 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deajah has been recorded 394 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2023.
- #13,628 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 394 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deajah ranks #13,628 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 394 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,628 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 394
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deajah's 394 recorded births place it above 81.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Deajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deajah's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Deajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (226 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Deajah's strongest decade.
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Deajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 81
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s 82
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 226 births (57% of all-time use).
Deajah by state
Where Deajah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
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- Deajah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (226 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Deajahs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Deajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1994–2023 (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 Deajah 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.