The name Deja is of French origin, and means already.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Deja has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Deja
Use of the Name Deja for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
12,267
12,267
12,267
10,325
3,479
1,025
464
The table below indicates the number of times the name Deja has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Deja first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1988, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Deja
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1988
671
286
1989
811
236
1990
746
278
1991
682
314
1992
740
286
1993
717
297
1994
822
245
1995
205
1,418
1996
182
1,638
1997
216
1,391
1998
244
1,244
1999
272
1,155
2000
336
920
2001
350
850
2002
422
684
2003
506
561
2004
594
464
Totals:
12,267
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Deja as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Deja appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 17 times during the last 125 years.