Dejan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dejan

The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Dejan between 1970 and 2021, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dejan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dejan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dejan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dejan 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 317 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.