Dejohn — #9161 US boys' name
435 babies named Dejohn in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Dejohn was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Dejohn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dejohn
The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Dejohn between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dejohn currently holds the #9161 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejohn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dejohn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dejohn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dejohn 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 435 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.
Dejohn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Dejohn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1997)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #9161 among boys.
435 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 23 births in a single year.
Dejohn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 168 births that decade — 39% of Dejohn's all-time total
Dejohn decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 149 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dejohn's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Dejohn by state
Where Dejohn concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 6.2% |
27 of 435 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.2% 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, 1974–2024 (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.