# Deja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deja/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 86 / 16,274 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 148, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 139 | 1,573 |
| 2012 | 136 | 1,593 |
| 2013 | 136 | 1,581 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,717 |
| 2015 | 126 | 1,686 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,912 |
| 2017 | 107 | 1,890 |
| 2018 | 91 | 2,101 |
| 2019 | 90 | 2,093 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,422 |
| 2021 | 80 | 2,292 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2,260 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,451 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,863 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,039 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 6,272 |
| 1988 | 9 | 4,876 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,174 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,418 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,495 |
| 1995 | 13 | 4,579 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6,107 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,379 |
| 1998 | 5 | 9,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,282 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,407 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,518 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,767 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Deja

- Dej Loaf, American rapper and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.