Boys' name · since 1968
Dejaun
Dejaun has 460 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,280 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,379 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejaun currently ranks #8379 among boys' names in America, with 460 babies recorded since 1968.
Dejaun has 460 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8379 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #8,280 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,379 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 460 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dejaun ranks #8,280 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,379 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 460 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,280 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,379 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejaun's 460 recorded births place it above 81.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dejaun compares
460 Top 46% higher than 54% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Dejaun's all-time total is 25% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dejaun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 460 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dejaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dejaun's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dejaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Dejaun by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (174 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Dejaun's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Dejaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
174 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 54
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 174 births (38% of all-time use).
Dejaun by state
Where Dejaun concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 460 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dejaun's data
- Dejaun's decade-level peak was the 1990s (174 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dejauns (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Dejaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Dejaun 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.