Dejaun — boys' name
451 babies named Dejaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Dejaun was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Dejaun in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dejaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 451 babies named Dejaun between 1968 and 2021, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dejaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejaun performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dejaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dejaun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dejaun 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 451 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.
Dejaun at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dejaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1968
- Peak year (1995)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
451 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 23 births in a single year.
Dejaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 174 births that decade — 39% of Dejaun's all-time total
Dejaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dejaun's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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 451 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1968–2021 (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.