Girls' name · since 1996
Deyjah
Deyjah has 104 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deyjah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 104 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deyjah has been recorded 104 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2022.
- #26,670 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deyjah ranks #26,670 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deyjah's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deyjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deyjah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deyjah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2022
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Deyjah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Deyjah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Deyjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Deyjah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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 Deyjah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1996–2022 (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 Deyjah 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.