Recorded 1988–2003 Girls' name Peak 1993 265 births

Dejanee — girls' name

265 babies named Dejanee in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s411990s1792000s45
1990s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Dejanee was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

27 babies were named Dejanee in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dejanee

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Dejanee between 1988 and 2003, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dejanee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejanee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dejanee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dejanee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dejanee 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 265 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.

Dejanee at a glance

Last recorded 2003

Total births

265

Since 1988

16 years of records

Peak year

1993

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2003

Active since

1988

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2003

Dejanee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1988

Last recorded 2003
Peak year (1993)
27
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
051015202530 200320011999199719951993199119891988 16

Dejanee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
179 births that decade — 68% of Dejanee's all-time total
1980s411990s1792000s45

Dejanee by state

Where Dejanee concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Dejanee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
35 13.2%
California share of Dejanee's total US births 13.2%

35 of 265 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dejanee?
265 babies have been named Dejanee since 1988. It was last recorded in 2003. The peak year was 1993 with 27 births.
When was Dejanee most popular?
Dejanee was most popular in the 1990s decade with 179 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Dejanee most popular?
The top states for the name Dejanee are California (35 births).
How long has the name Dejanee been used?
Dejanee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 16 years of data through 2003.
What names are similar to Dejanee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Deja, Dejah, Dejanae, Dejuana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.