Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Deja

#1,181 most common girls' name of all time · #2,088 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among girls
#1,181
Rank overall
#2,088 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
16,360
Since 2016
813
Peak year
1996 #182
Best rank
#182 1996
Girls Boys peak 1,647/yr
198020002020

Deja first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 54 54 #3,041
2024 58 58 #2,872
2023 73 73 #2,452
2022 83 83 #2,260
2021 80 80 #2,295
2020 72 72 #2,427
2019 90 90 #2,102
2018 91 91 #2,107
2017 107 107 #1,895
2016 105 105 #1,920
2015 126 126 #1,692
2014 122 122 #1,721
2013 136 136 #1,581
2012 136 136 #1,599
2011 139 139 #1,573
2010 185 185 #1,291
2009 274 274 #971
2008 311 311 #894
2007 433 433 #679
2006 362 362 #760
2005 358 358 #750
2004 474 5 479 #592
2003 565 565 #508
2002 687 687 #424
2001 853 7 860 #350
2000 921 7 928 #336
1999 1,157 5 1,162 #272
1998 1,244 5 1,249 #245
1997 1,391 6 1,397 #216
1996 1,638 9 1,647 #182
1995 1,420 13 1,433 #205
1994 245 245 #826
1993 298 298 #716
1992 285 285 #742
1991 315 5 320 #681
1990 278 5 283 #746
1989 235 5 240 #811
1988 286 9 295 #678
1987 102 102 #1,347
1986 49 49 #2,162
1985 31 31 #2,980
1984 39 39 #2,448
1983 52 52 #1,985
1982 41 41 #2,402
1981 50 50 #2,078
1980 66 66 #1,715
1979 34 5 39 #2,656
1978 23 23 #3,345
1977 24 24 #3,241
1976 18 18 #3,767
1975 13 13 #4,765
1974 11 11 #5,244
1973 12 12 #4,776
1972 7 7 #6,976
1971 10 10 #5,439
1962 5 5 #7,458