Boys' name · since 1982
Dejean
Dejean has 198 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,018 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejean is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 198 have been recorded since 1982.
Dejean has 198 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1982 to 2022.
- #13,018 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 198 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dejean ranks #13,018 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,018 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejean's 198 recorded births place it above 71.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dejean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dejean's full recorded timeline at 2001, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dejean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2022
- Peak year (1999)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Dejean by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (79 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Dejean's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Dejean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Dejean's decade-level peak was the 1990s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Dejean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1982–2022 (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 Dejean 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.