Deja
Taken from the French deja, meaning already, familiar from the phrase deja vu, and used as a given name in the United States.
Deja in 2025
Deja was given to 54 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 5,356th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 61,395 babies born.
The history of Deja
Deja reached its highest point in 1996, when 1,647 babies were given the name, ranking 378th that year.
Across the 64 years of records since 1962, 16,360 babies have been named Deja. Half of them were born before 1998, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Deja by decade
| Decade | Babies named Deja | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 9,915 |
| 1970s | 157 | 3,764 |
| 1980s | 965 | 1,184 |
| 1990s | 8,319 | 378 |
| 2000s | 5,257 | 643 |
| 2010s | 1,237 | 2,318 |
| 2020s | 420 | 4,040 |
Where Deja is heading
Deja has fallen 57% over the past decade, from 126 babies in 2015 to 54 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1996 peak — Deja is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Deja
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Deja.