Dejuan — #3455 US boys' name
5,491 babies named Dejuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Dejuan was born in this single decade.
165 babies were named Dejuan in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dejuan
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,491 babies named Dejuan between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dejuan currently holds the #3455 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 165 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejuan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,400 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dejuan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 738 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Dejuan in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dejuan 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 5,491 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.
Dejuan at a glance
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Current rank
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Dejuan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1990)
- 165
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #3455 among boys.
5,491 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 165 births in a single year.
Dejuan popularity over time — girls
40 total births recorded since 1971 (Dejuan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dejuan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dejuan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,400 births that decade — 25% of Dejuan's all-time total
Dejuan decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,400 births
- Runner-up 1,312 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dejuan's strongest decade
1,400 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Dejuan by state
Where Dejuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 738 | 13.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 424 | 7.7% |
| #3 | California | | 269 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 253 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 229 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 214 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 188 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 132 | 2.4% |
738 of 5,491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 13.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.7% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 13.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dejuan appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1955–2024 (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.