Girls' name · since 1962
Deja
16,274 babies named Deja in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,039 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,274
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
16,274 babies have been named Deja since 1962, making it today's #3039 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deja has been recorded 16,274 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #3039 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #1,210 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,039 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,274 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deja ranks #1,210 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,039 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,274 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,039 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,274
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deja's 16,274 recorded births place it above 98.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Deja compares
16,274 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deja's all-time total is 43x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deja | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,638 | 21 | 19,840 |
Deja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deja splits its recorded history at 1998: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 1,638 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deja popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 1,638
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Deja popularity over time - boys
86 total births recorded since 1979 (Deja as boys' name)
Deja by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (8,271 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Deja's strongest decade.
8,271 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Deja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 152
1970s
152 births
- 1980s 951
1980s
951 births
- 1990s
1990s
8,271 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,238 births
- 2010s 1,237
2010s
1,237 births
- 2020s 420
2020s
420 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 8,271 births (51% of all-time use).
How Deja compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Deja's total volume
Deja by state
Where Deja concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,577 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,330 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,099 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 948 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 806 | 5.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 759 | 4.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 636 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 627 | 3.9% |
1,577 of 16,274 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Deja appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Deja's data
- Deja's decade-level peak was the 1990s (8,271 total births); usage has since declined to 420 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dejas (1,577 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Deja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Deja 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.