Total births
12
Girls' name · since 1997
Dehja
Dehja has 12 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 12
- total births
- 1997–2000
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
12 girls have been named Dehja since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dehja has 12 recorded births among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2000.
- 12 total births
- 1997–2000 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
12 girls have been named Dehja since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2000.
- 12
- total births
- 1997–2000
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
58% of everyone ever named Dehja was born in this single decade.
2000
Single peak year
7 babies were named Dehja in 2000 - its busiest year on record.
Dehja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dehja's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dehja at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
2000
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1997
Dehja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2000
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Dehja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Dehja's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Dehja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Dehja? ▼
Dehja has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2000. 7 babies were born in 2000, its single highest year.
When was Dehja most popular? ▼
Dehja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Dehja been used? ▼
Dehja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 4 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Dehja? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dehlia, Dehlani, Dehlila. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1997–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Dehja: Baby Name Since 1997 - 12 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/dehja. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Dehja 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 June 2026.