NameTides

Deja

Deja was the #3,028 girls' name in the US in 2025 (54 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Deja as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Deja as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Deja as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,028 (54)#4,201 (5)#3,044 (6)
2024#2,857 (58)#4,844 (4)—
2023#2,442 (73)#5,688 (3)#2,366 (8)
2022#2,253 (83)#2,178 (12)#2,315 (8)
2021#2,286 (80)#5,581 (3)#2,185 (9)
2020#2,416 (72)—#1,877 (11)
2019#2,090 (90)#4,001 (5)#2,188 (9)
2018#2,098 (91)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#1,889 (107)#5,765 (3)#2,179 (9)
2016#1,908 (105)——
2015#1,685 (126)—#2,179 (9)
2014#1,714 (122)#5,691 (3)#2,905 (6)
2013#1,576 (136)#3,536 (6)#2,888 (6)
2012#1,591 (136)#5,876 (3)#2,158 (9)
2011#1,571 (139)—#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #182.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Deja is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 28,000 to 1 in 38,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Deja by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Deja (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DejaCanadaGirls#3,0446
DejaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
DejaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DejaUSGirls#3,02854
DejaUSBoys—too few