Boys' name · since 1980
Dejay
Dejay has 142 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,445 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dejay is the #12445 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 142 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Dejay recorded 142 times among boys since 1980, holding rank #12445 nationally today, ahead of 11% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #15,115 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,445 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dejay ranks #15,115 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,445 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,445 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dejay's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dejay compares
142 32nd percentile among 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
Dejay's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dejay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dejay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dejay's SSA record in two at 2007 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 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dejay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Dejay by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Dejay's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Dejay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dejay's data
- Dejay's decade-level peak was the 2010s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dejay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Dejay 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.