Dejay — boys' name
142 babies named Dejay in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
142 boys have been named Dejay since 1980, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 142
- total births
- 1980–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Dejay was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Dejay in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dejay
The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Dejay between 1980 and 2025, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dejay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dejay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dejay 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 142 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.
Dejay at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dejay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1980
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
142 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Dejay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 45 births that decade — 32% of Dejay's all-time total
Dejay decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dejay's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1980–2025 (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.