How Many People Are Named Deja?
people named Deja are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,205 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,360 babies named Deja in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,647 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "already" from the French phrase deja vu meaning "already seen".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Deja, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 96.8% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Deja alive today is about 25 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Deja first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1996, to 1,647 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Deja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #182, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,039.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,039 |
| Best rank | #182 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #342 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Deja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Deja were born in California than in any other state: about 1,553 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Deja was given 4.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.2 times in Maryland and 2 times in Louisiana.
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