Girls' name · since 1973
Dejah
3,176 babies named Dejah in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,176
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejah currently ranks #8012 among girls' names in America, with 3,176 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Dejah recorded 3,176 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #8012 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #3,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,012 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,176 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dejah ranks #3,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,012 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,176 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,176
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejah's 3,176 recorded births place it above 95.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dejah compares
3,176 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Dejah's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dejah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 341 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dejah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dejah's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 341, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dejah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 341
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Dejah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1998 (Dejah as boys' name)
Dejah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,289 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Dejah's strongest decade.
1,289 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Dejah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 130
1980s
130 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,289 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,275 births
- 2010s 360
2010s
360 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,289 births (41% of all-time use).
How Dejah 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 Dejah's total volume
Dejah by state
Where Dejah concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 272 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 239 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 209 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 163 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 133 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 116 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 101 | 3.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 87 | 2.7% |
272 of 3,176 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Dejah appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dejah's data
- Dejah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,289 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dejahs (272 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dejah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Dejah 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.